As we made our way around Healesville Sanctuary the other day we came across the wetlands area. It had duck weed or similar growing right across the top of the water. Looked strange for this lone duckling to be making its way across the top slowly.
Category: Birds
Crimson Rosella
Back at Grant’s Picnic Ground this Crimson Rosella was on a darkened path so I used my flash.
Black Breasted Buzzard
Another bird from the show at Healesville Sanctuary, this Black Breasted Buzzard waits for the signal to take off again.
Black Kite in action
I went to Healesville Sanctuary last week to take a visiting friend from the US to her first taste of Australian wildlife and birdlife in action. We watched the bird show which was amazing. This is a Black Kite catching food in mid-air.
Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) or Snake Bird
A common name for the Darter is Snake Bird. If one approaches one sitting on a log or branch it will writhe its neck in a snake like manner. Like cormorants, the Darter needs to regularly leave the water and sit on a log, rock, branch or navigation piles in order to dry its wings….