It had been a while since my last visit to the Central Coast Wetlands at the old Pioneer Dairy at Wyong. I travelled to Wyong by train and then walked the short distance to the Wetlands.
I first looked in the ponds to see what waterbird were present. Here are some of the waterbirds I saw throughout the day –
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
I thought the bird below was an Australian Shelduck. Oops! Thanks to Nina’s comment below, I can see I made an egregious mistake.
Royal Spoonbill
Australian Swamphens
Australasian Darters
Cattle Egrets
Australasian Grebe
Some of the birds around the hinterlands of the wetlands –
Red-rumped Parrots
Top-knot Pigeons
This photo shows two Top-knot Pigeons with a flock of Starlings –
Willie Wagtail
Superb Fairy-wren
Grey Fantail
Lewin’s Honeyeater
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Eastern Yellow Robin
Brown Goshawk
Noisy Miners
Whistling Kite
Afraid the ‘Australian Shelduck’ is a domestic duck of Mallard ancestry. Australian Shelducks are mostly dark black or brown with chestnut breasts, and no curled tail feathers at the rear end.
Ok – thanks for that.