Interesting at Kelly's this morning. e only planned to stay a few
minutes to check on the water level. It is low. And then we stayed
an hour.
First of all a royal spoonbill flew in. I was very pleased to see it
because it meant that, in parts of the swamp, the water was deep
enough for it to feed. Maybe the pair that sat on the eggs for 30
days would have found enough for the chicks to eat.
Then, from Cygnus hide we saw an Australian spotted crake, a very
good view, to the right of the spoonbill tree
Three black fronted dotterals, one significantly bigger than the
other two. Parent with chicks?
Five masked plovers, and then a straw necked ibis flew in . Already
four sacred ibisies were there
Six gold finches
Other small birds, but no Australian native hens
We last saw 2 native hens at Kelly's on December 29th. Has anyone
seen any anywhere since then?
Tow purple swamp hens, on nests, from Bittern hide
Elizabeth
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