On my way home from Emu Green, I called in to Sydney Park at St Peters. My main reason was to see if I could spot any of the Buff-banded Rail chicks. It seems there are three surviving chicks (out of 5 that hatched), and they are now largely independent.
I soon spotted one Buff-banded Rail chick, and it was now much larger than the ones I had seen earlier. I observed it foraging in the one area for about 40 minutes. It wold often be out of sight – so it is possible that one of the chicks may have appeared and then another taken its place. I never saw two or more together. Here are some more photos –
At one time, I did spot a parent.
And one more photo of the chick –
And for some of the other birds. I saw the Tawny Frogmouth on its nest. Hard to tell if there is any chicks, probably not yet.
This visit, I could not spot the female.
Here is a Black Swan cygnet –
And a Crested Pigeon –
Quite a few Turtles were on the log in the Island Pond.
Boat Harbour Tawnies. This morning, Monday 1st the nest is deserted. So this year’s eggs did not succeed.
Thanks for that update. Not good news. A friend had looked and told me about the empty nest as well. Some Tawnies do have two sets of chicks in a season, so they may start nesting again.