Despite living around the corner, I hadn’t been for a walk around Byards Rd Wetland for quite a while - until this morning! I got a later start than I should have, and it was already getting hot. Several of the ponds were completely dry, while others had plenty of water. I quickly started seeing the usual wetland species. It was nice to see a pair of Royal Spoonbills feeding in Pond 9, and a couple of Silvereyes flitting about, one of which seemed to be feeding the other. A group of magpies surrounded me at one point, but they seemed friendly.. I think people might feed them and they were hoping for a snack. A group of wood ducks approached me at the edge of Pond 9, possibly with the same idea.
I hadn’t visited for a while, but the last few times I did was when a family of Tawny Frogmouths were hanging out just outside of the wetlands. I wandered out to the road, not really expecting them to be there, but there was 3 of them roosting in the exact tree I remember seeing them in last, probably over a year ago! I ended up with a total of 29 species, including 7 new additions to my year list.
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| Grey Teal |
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| Little Pied Cormorant |
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| Silvereye |
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| Australian Magpie |
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| Australian White Ibis |
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| White-faced Heron |
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| Australian Magpie |
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| Pacific Black Duck |
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| Noisy Miner |
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| Royal Spoonbill |
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| Australian Wood Duck |
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| Long-billed Corella |
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| Tawny Frogmouth |
SPECIES LIST
1. Australian Wood Duck
2. Pacific Black Duck
3. Grey Teal
4. Spotted Dove
5. Common Bronzewing
6. Crested Pigeon
7. Tawny Frogmouth
8. Dusky Moorhen
9. Eurasian Coot
10. Australasian Swamphen
11. Masked Lapwing
12. Black-fronted Dotterel
13. Little Pied Cormorant
14. White-faced Heron
15. Australian White Ibis
16. Royal Spoonbill
17. Galah
18. Long-billed Corella
19. Crimson Rosella
20. Rainbow Lorikeet
21. Superb Fairywren
22. Noisy Miner
23. White-plumed Honeyeater
24. Australian Magpie
25. Willie Wagtail
26. Magpie-lark
27. Little Raven
28. Australian Reed Warbler
29. Silvereye
