Australian Wetlands
Feb 6th, 2008 by Birdy Trish
Little Grebes, Pelicans and Lotus birds are some of the birds that Andrew has seen when he walked round these wetlands near Brisbane where he lives.
This photograph shows the wetlands in the month of March.
Just been for a walk round the wetlands and a small park which has a circular latke in it.
We’ve had a reasonable rain of late so there is a good amount of water at each locality.
The lake has a lot of weedy growth now with many water lillies.
I saw
Little Grebe sitting on a nest
4 Lotus Birds
Lotus Birds are small birds with large feet that are ideal for walking on the water lillies. They are quite attractive birds and they seem to prefer this site to the main wetland area.
Glossy Ibis
I’ve frequently seen Glossy Ibis here but there were none today.
At the wetlands there were
12 Pelicans
3 Magpie Geese (Interesting Bird the feet are not fully webbed like most geese). They are common around here.
Skeins
I’ve seen many skeins flying over the soccer ground. They call out but their calls are not as musucal as European geese.
Black Swans
There were several black swans. One pair were nesting on a small island.
Black Ducks with ducklings
Eastern Swamphen
Moorhen
Little Black and Little Pied Cormorants
Darter - They have a long snake like neck
Other birds seen in trees were
Dollar Bird - so called because of the pale round marking found on the wings readily seen in flight.
Blue Fairey Wrens
Noisy Miner
Magpie
Magpie Lark
Pale Headed Rosella
Azure Kingfisher
The last time we went to the wetlands there was an Eastern Brown Snake lying by the side of the path. Luckily I saw it and did not stand on it. they are reputedly the second most venemous snake in the world. You don’t have to worry about them in Yorkshire.
All the best Andrew.
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