The second Saturday of the month is the time for the Tempe Birdos to meet at survey the birds at Tempe Wetlands and Tempe Reserve. The group meets in the open area near the bottom pond of Tempe Wetlands – from 7:30 am and then splits up around 8 am – one subgroup surveys the Reserve and other stays in the Wetlands.
Australasian Grebe
This survey, I was in the group that surveyed the Wetlands. Here are some of the birds we obscured –
Dusky Moorhen
Pacific Black Duck
Little Corellas
Willie Wagtail
Australian Figbird
New Holland Honeyeater
Australian Reed-Warbler
Superb Fairy-wren
Dusky Moorhen chick being fed
And some non birds –
The frog is an Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog.
