Rocky Creek Dam is a great place for family picnics and nature walks; it follows there are good opportunities for bird sightings (and often other wildlife too). Let's stay focused on birds for now.
First the wonderful hues and helmet of a wading bird in the swamp at the base of the dam wall.
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| Purple swamphen |
Then a couple of more common characters grazing and resting around the grounds.
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| Australian magpie |
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| Black rooster resting! |
Then some more exotic and uniquely Australian finds each richly camouflaged among the branches and leaves ... watch with your ears and listen with your eyes ... surprising what you feel!
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| Eastern rosella |
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| Pair of wompoo fruit-doves |
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| Very Australian name ... spangled drongo! |
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| Laughing kookaburra |
And near the end their was the unmistakable sound of a baby squawking ... listen ... track the source ... watch ... there it is among the leaves ... wait and focus ... there I hear move movement and watch for the silence ... here's dad with some tucker ... worth the patience 😀
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| Blue-faced honeyeaters feeding |
And speaking of unmistakable squawking ... this one was easier to track down and see despite being way up at the top of the canopy ..
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| Sulphur-crested cockatoo |
Nature just keeps delighting!
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