I’ve recently taken up walking with a new friend around Lysterfield Lake Park. Not a short walk, but more like over 8kms. It takes us a couple of hours. We still find time to stop for short times so I can take photos. This is the family that eats together.
The nest is finished
Now content her nest is completed the second swan got onto her nest to settle down.
Nest building
There were two black swans at the park. One on her nest adding to it and the other in the water collecting reeds for her nest. Their nests were quite close to each other amongst the reeds at the lake.
Swan building nest
I don’t think you realise just how long their necks are until you see them in a position like this:
Back to Karkarook Park
Do you remember those photos I took of the swan and cygnets back in July? Well, I went back to the park on the weekend in search of them and the Flame robin. Couldn’t find the robin anywhere but I did find the swan – in fact two – which are nesting again. And I…