After coming back from Scheyville National Park, I got dropped off at the Cooks River as I wanted to looks for a Striated Heron’s nest that had been spotted a few days earlier by Mark from the Mudlarks and Tempe Birdos.
The nest was tricky to spot – you had to stay in exactly the right place to see it through the mangroves, and it was a fair way off. So there was no problem with disturbing the birds.
At first I only saw the adult bird sitting on the nest. Then a rather large chick seemed to appear and I had trouble working out what was going on, until I saw a white stream appearing. The chick was going to the toilet – and not soiling the nest.
After that I was able to get some better pictures of the chick.
And a few of the other birds nearby, an Oriole, A Willie Wagtail and a Magpie Lark –
