W.T.P. Werribee Victoria + Broome

["Shirley Cameron" <>]

Had a quick visit to the W.T.P.  today after our brief sojourn to Broome and Kununurra. The delight of the day was the group of 15 Godwits on the Borrow Pit very close to where we park the car.  There was a huge number of  birds at the outlet near the mouth of Little River; Avocet, Silver and Pacific gulls, Grey and Chestnut teal, Pacific Black, Swans, Pelican, Black-winged Stilts all  gathered together.  

Broome was great and I was able to add the Yellow Chat to my 'lifer' list and have now seen all the Chats.

Parry's Lagoon near Wyndham was a amazing,  Plumed and Wandering Whistling Duck, Magpie Geese, Brolga, egrets and more. On the Parry Lagoon  Bird list was a  Weero.  From descriptions I assumed to is a Cockatiel, am I correct? 

On a brief visit to El Questro we were told that both Whistling Kites and Black Kites may carry smouldering sticks  which then spread wild fires so they are able to flush out prey. Could this be so?  

Shirley Cameron
Werribee
03 9741 2997