Day 103 of Lockdown. I decide to make another visit to Sydney Park. One reason was to see if I could spot the Buff-banded Rails.
It turned out to be a relatively quiet day, but its nice place to wander around and spend some time observing Nature. I think I spotted one Rail – a chick, but it ran very fast and that was all I saw of it.
One of the Black Swan cygnets, the one that was being attacked by its father, has now moved to the large pond. Hopefully a safe refuge. It is not yet a good flyer.
Some young Welcome Swallows were also practising their flying.
Here is some of the Dusky Moorhen family –
And one of the eels –
Here is an Australasian Grebe –
A juvenile Grey Butcherbird was calling loudly –
It looks like the Magpie Lark nest on the island has been reoccupied.
And the Ibis’s were showing their love –
But no love from the Black Swan father. he was now attacking a second cygnet. The father wants the cygnets away so he can nest again.
Now the Ibis’s were working on their nests.
And here is the Eurasian Coot family –
And the Tawny Frogmouths were fine –
These Noisy Miners were having a dirt bath. They do this to help get rid of parasites.
And a last photo, the three Cygnets in the island pond cruise past a Little Pied Cormorant.
