I was free on Saturday, so was able to join the Tempe Birdos at their monthly bird count at the Tempe Wetlands and the adjoining Tempe Reserve.
Lots of interesting birds were out, including some very young Moorhen and Coot chicks. There was also a Spoonbill in the second pond. These birds are seldom seen at Tempe Wetlands.
Here are some photos –
The Birdos split into two groups, one surveying at the Wetlands and the other surveying at the Reserve. I was in the group at the Wetlands. When we were finished with the survey, we join the other group at one of the picnic tables in the Reserve for morning tea.
I then headed back to the Wetlands for some more photography. One challenge was to try and capture the very fast moving Welcome Swallows –
Some of the other birds at the Wetlands-
And I headed home via the Cooks River and stopped a few times to photograph some of the birds along the way –
