I was travelling west with Valerie and Deb to take part of a trip organised by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW to visit some national parks near Hay. A particular focus of the trip would be visiting Kalyarr National Park. We planned to meet Brian and his wife Faye in Hay the next day, so on the way down we had time top stop off at Narrandera to visit the wetlands. These are just north of the Murrumbidgee River, just off the road to the town.
We had a please walk at the wetlands. Normally, one would follow the path that circumnavigates the large wetland pond, but we found when about 3/4 around that one section was flooded, so we returned the same way, and later walked back along the second we had missed, but from the other side.
On our visit we saw a wide range of birds. But not that many water birds – as the pond was quite deep.
Grey Fantail
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Little Friarbird
Noisy Friarbird
Silvereye
Dusky Moorhen
Australian Reed Warbler
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Spotted Pardalote
The whole pond was surrounded by River Red Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). These trees need to spend long periods with their base in water.
A lot of wattle was in flower.
This wattle is River Cooba (Acacia stenophylla) –
And some more River Red Gums –
And a few parrots, A Galah –
Yellow Rosella
