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Evening, Folks.
A friend has just returned from a few days in
south-west Victoria and reports seeing a flock of about 60 Magpie Geese on a
wetland near Lake Yambuk, west of Port Fairy. Possibly the recolonisation
of Victoria by this former resident is gradually getting underway.
On a brief visit to Bribie Island on Wednesday, saw
an Osprey that had caught quite a substantial fish in one of the new canals of
the Pacific Harbours development. The Osprey was flying so low along the
canal that the fish kept bouncing on the suface, until after about 100 metres
(possibly quite a bit longer as I didn't see where the actual capture occurred)
the Osprey dropped the fish. Perhaps it had realised it hadn't the ability
to left the fish away from the water and was trying to jar it loose? I
don't know how easy it is for an Osprey to choose to release its prey in
flight. Anyway it circled around a couple of times and landed atop a
catamaran's mast. We imagined we could see it blushing with
embarassment.
Sorry that it was such a fleeting visit that I
couldn't try to catch up with Jill Dening or Trevor Ford, or look for the
Laughing Gull. However, we did have a quick look at the new high tide
roost just north of the former Dux Creek entrance - most impressive
interpretation area and a couple of good little hides. Sadly, the tide was
out so only a few Lapwings, Red-capped Plovers, a pair of Black-winged Stilts
and solitary Eastern Curlew and Pied Oystercatcher to be seen.
Regards,
Jack
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