After the Cooks River Bird Survey, I visited Barton Park for a few hours.
When I arrived, I could see the water level in the main pond at Landing Lights Wetland was quite low. This means suitable conditions for Black-fronted Dotterels. I looked around the exposed mudflats but could not see any.
There were the usual Pied Stilts –
And this New Holland Honeyeater was foraging –
White-faced Heron
Pied Stilt
Then tow more White-faced Herons arrived –
A Brown Honeyeater was calling –
I thought this Pied Stilt was extending its leg –
I was wrong!
I spotted the Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo that I had seen on my previous visit further along the Spring Street Canal –
Superb Fairy-wrens
When I returned to the wetland, I did spot a single Black-fronted Dotterel –
