Super blue blood moon

The other evening was apparently a bit special for those who like to watch the night sky. We had a super moon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse all coinciding to give a massive blood moon. This hasn't happened here in Australia since December 1983 but in some other parts of the world it hasn't been observed for up to 150 years. What better place to see such a rare phenomenon than Sydney where the sky is always clear with never a cloud in sight. Except this one particular night. Clouds everywhere. Rubbish.

Cloudy

At least I got another bird for the list by just sitting there in the house. The latest official IOC world bird list has just come out and so I thought I'd better check up on the most up-to-date thinking regarding Australian species. As luck would have it there have been a couple of splits down here over the past couple of years. One of these is the Golden Whistler from over in WA which is now regarded as a full species. Thankfully I made a note of everything I saw a few years back when I was over there and so the new Western Whistler which was #428 goes onto the list taking the total up to 489. Armchair tick!