Had a good day that started at Fishers Wetlands near Churchill Island. There were a lot of birds on the wetlands themselves, as well as a few in the nearby woodlands and the inlet rocks/water's edge.
The behaviour of some of the birds was unusual, with the first photo one of these:
The behaviour of some of the birds was unusual, with the first photo one of these:
Great Egret
Eurasian Coot were there in numbers and here is a large group all huddled up to the shoreline:
Then there was the duelling Spoonbills, not the best shot but I don't normally see them together:
Royal Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
A fly-by by a Pied Cormorant
and a family of Pied Oystercatchers on the rocks near the Churchill Island bridge
Australian Spotted Crake was one of the species I had hoped to see and thanks to Pete (see his blog here ), I had the good information on where to look and be successful
and finally, what would a blog about Waterside birds of Phillip Island be without the iconic Cape Barren Goose!
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