Hi all,
I went for my first solo trip to Western Treatment Plant - Werribee
yesterday morning. I managed not to get lost and saw nearly 70 species for
the morning. The highlights were the waders at Borrow Pits. Red-kneed
Dotterel, Black-winged Stilt, two Black-tailed Godwit, Red-necked Stints
(several with orange leg flags), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Curlew Sandpiper
(many with some of their breeding plumage. I assume these were recent
arrivals. I have photos of some of these if people are interested).
Elsewhere there were some male Musk Ducks displaying, a Horsfield's
Bronze-cuckoo near the hide, about ten Pied Oystercatchers at the hide,
Black Swans with cygnets in several ponds and many on nests at Lake Borrie.
There were several singing Golden-headed Cisticola and the usual Skylarks
but the stand-out vocal performance of the morning was a Striated Fieldwren
in the top of a bare bush at Kirks Point.
All the best,
Nick
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