Lake George today (6. Nov.)

[Michael Lenz <>]

Today I stopped at the 3 rest areas along the West side of Lake George. Clearly, the lake is fuller than it has been for a long time, but it still has a long way to go before it can be considered 'full'.

At the Badcoe area  2 Banded Lapwings, at the Wheatley site 3 Whiskered Terns and at the Weereewa Lookout 8 Red-necked Avocets.

But in all cases birds were some distance from the shore (telescope views) and the strong wind made  scanning the lake rather difficult.

The only other waterbirds in some numbers I could make out were Black Swans and some Silvergulls . This combined with the results of recent surveys by Julienne Kamprad on the eastern side of Lake George, clearly shows that the lake is at the moment more or less free of waterbirds, not unexpected, though. In due course, once the flooded inland waters dry up, the lake will again revert to its main role as an important drought refuge.  

Michael Lenz