Exploring Birdsland Reserve, Belgrave Heights, Vic. It’s my favourite walking spot. Flanked by a state park and farmland, it consists of two lakes, one with an island, and walking/cycling tracks and wildlife – lots of birds, kangaroos, the occasional echidna or wombat, some turtles and, hopefully, platypuses too – waiting to see those after considerable…
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Purple Swamp Hen and Chicks
Visiting my favourite local park and lakes recently, I finally got to see, first-hand, some Purple Swamp Hen chicks with their mums. One single and then two chicks with another mum. They are quite ugly but in a cute way. My favourite pic is this one below – a young chick ‘talking’ to its mum….
Chestnut Teals visit Birdsland Reserve
I love to visit Birdsland Reserve regularly and never tire of visiting it. Almost every day I visit, there’s something else to see. Today it was 3 Chestnut Teal Ducks, 1 male and 2 female. I don’t see them there often, just now and then, but it’s always exciting to see them there. Today I…
Amazing discovery – 4 winged duck!
I made an amazing discovery yesterday! Who would have guessed I’d make such a discovery and get a shot of it too? It’s true! I was at Birdsland Reserve yesterday morning, one of my favourite haunts for bird life and landscape views and I saw some ducks take off from the second lake. I’ve been…
Visiting the park
Love visiting Birdsland Reserve (formerly Birds Paddock) and my husband and I went for an afternoon walk this week. I usually do early morning walks but it’s nice to do so at a different time of the day sometimes. Save