One-eyed twitch

Black Noddy - Long Reef

Just because you may only have one eye working and a bit of sensitivity to bright sunlight does not mean that you sit inside when a rare vagrant blows into town. No way, a potential twitch requires action!

In my current situation it just meant that I had to ask an unnamed mate to knock off work and drive me over there to spot it! And so yesterday we went over to Long Reef on Sydney's Northern Beaches to try to find a tropical tern which has been hanging around there for the past week. Surely more comfortable at home on the Barrier Reef, this particular individual seems to be happy enough for now hanging around a rock platform in Sydney.

As soon as we arrived, the Black Noddy #408 was spotted flying over the sea at the end of the rocks. Not by me, obviously, as I staggered through the sunshine over the rough rocky outcrop. As we got to the end of the rocks, however, we both had fantastic prolonged views of the Noddy fishing in the surf. I also managed to point my camera in it's general direction and got a couple of pictures for you.

Top twitching!