Behind Darwin's sweeping Lee Point beach is a patch of diverse bushland where Ian Redmond has his binoculars out, scanning the long native grasses for Gouldian finches.
"They've got all these yellows, greens, purples and blues, it's hard to believe you can put all that colour into one bird, and they're quite friendly, they come up quite close," the organiser of the Save Lee Point community group said.
