Went boating on the Murray River over Melbourne Cup weekend and saw some
lovely birds. We went up-river from Yarrawonga and somewher near the
confluence of the Ovens and Murray Rivers we saw some lovely birds. Best of
all was an Azure Kingfisher feeding young. The nest ( I presume the young
were still in the nest as I couldn't hear any sound from them) was out of
sight beneath an overhang on the washed out bank of the river, I watched the
adult take several food items to the nest. In the same area of bank there
were SB Fairy Wrens feeding young and a Welcome Swallow 's nest built into
the bank supported by an exposed tree root; they were also feeding
oung.
Soaring high overhead was a White-breasted Sea Eagle. Zillions of SC
Cockatoos and Galahs on Lake Mulwala and two 'treesfull' of Little Black
Cormorants in the lake on the return trip. There were plenty of other birds
around in all the places we stopped and only two cattle were seen. The grass
was almost knee high and there were plenty of young eucalypts seedlings
emerging, also several species of native wildflowers. I thought it all
looked very healthy but I'm not an expert. Val
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