I had a little time to kill while waiting for my wife to do some shopping so I headed over to the Serpentine to a small park I had driven past but not had a wander around before. The tide was out. Not too much activity, but what there was presented enough interest and entertainment to fill my waiting period 😁.
First up was a striated heron, quite unusually out in the open though still very well camouflaged among the reeds on the mudflat! Initially, the nearby australian white ibis was stalking the nearby sand bar among the soldier crabs and then crossed over to the reedy mudflat to graze in closer proximty to the striated heron. The third photo of this initial set shows to striated heron alone among the reeds - easier to spot once you are aware of what you looking at 😆.
Back to the park now, and while walking along the path to the nearby residential streets the antics of a magpie family demanded my attention. First, the young one showed off the reward of a successful hunt; second, the parents watching from nearby looking rather proud that their tutelege had paid off this time! To complete this set there are nice clear portraits of one of the parents and then the young magpie not too far from the edge of the path. Handsome birds with their strong pointed beak - we are right to not want to be pecked by one of those!
Once the path reaches to top of an incline to meet those residential streets I caught this "bat-like" activity of some rainbow lorikeets, and not to be out done, a noisy miner as well! They all look very at ease hanging so acrobaticly from their various perches - certainly if not for the distinctive plumages, it is not hard to imagine a bat reposing like that 😏. The afternoon light and the upside down poses offer quite a different tinge to the rainbow colours than normally seen.
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