So far this year, I had been on two trips to the Narawang Wetlands at Newington, in Sydney Olympic Park, to look for the Australian Little Bitterns (Black Backed Bitterns) that others had seen there. Those trips had been unsuccessful from the point of view of observing the Bitterns, although I did see some other nice birds while I was there. My third visit was a lot more successful. I observed two Australian Little Bittern chicks and one of their parents.
I arrived around 10:30 am, and bumped into Janardan, another bird photographer. He had been there a while and had also been looking for the Bitterns, but had had no luck. He left soon after. Continue reading
