Yesterday you saw the Christmas beetle and today I want to share with you a small selection of birds I’ve seen on my walks at Lysterfield Lake Park. The first is an Eastern Rosella, then an Eastern Yellow Robin and finally a Superb Fairy Wren, male, known for their brilliant blue colouring. My daughter and…
Category: Lysterfield Lake Park
The wildflowers
Let’s not forget the wildflowers that are coming out now. It’s wonderful to walk along familiar paths and find something not so familiar along the way. And lovely colours too.
More insects
There weren’t just the dragonflies though. I spied these two as I walked slowly along paths. I love looking for something different – things that people would normally miss because they’re engrossed in conversations, or their own thoughts or something. I know the first is a beetle but not sure what the other is.
Yellow Dragonflies
As I walked along the tracks at the park there were a lot of dragonflies flying along keeping me company. Sometimes they were fly ahead and then stop, waiting for me to catch up. One time one stopped and faced me waiting. My husband thought they might be waiting for insects that flew up as…
White faced heron skimming lake
While at the lake on that beautiful Saturday I saw this lone heron skimming the lake before coming in for a landing.