I have arrived home and am desperately trying to stay awake till evening so that I can adjust to the time change as quickly as possible. I have heard a theory that if you actually get out in the daylight you will adjust better. In an attempt to do this, I went for a walk with our dog to Darebin Parklands. I had noticed plenty of pigeons and some sparrows while in New York but not much else in the way of birds. I assume that some would have flown south for the winter and that there are probably not that many species in a big city anyway.
So I was pleased to see the variety of bird species on my walk this afternoon. We were very excited to see a Kingfisher - we don't see them very often.
There were magpies.
Ducks - sadly, the water in this pond has toxic algae and is very green.
There was also a mudlark - in the mud.
We also came across a pigeon of our own.
Welcome home. I hope you manage to stay awake long enough to have a full nights sleep. It is the melatonin that helps with jet lag, so a walk was very good idea.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to seeing some of your photos and hearing more about your travels
Thanks Theregatha,
ReplyDeleteI managed to stay up till 9.00pm (exactly 48 hours after I woke up on the day I was leaving), so I had 9 hours of sleep and woke at 6.00am. Hope I don't fade too much this afternoon. I'll try to go for a walk again, if it isn't raining!!