The Pied Cormorant is a common visitor to water areas in Australia. Sometimes known as a Shag too. Watching me from its perch on high. Leaving its perch to fly to the lake.
Tag: Birdsland Reserve
Great Cormorants and Little Black Cormorants
So my last post talked about a family of Cormorants. Well, it seems, they were two different types of cormorants. The Little Black Cormorant below and, at the bottom, the Great Cormorant. There is definitely a difference in size when you see them together, but not a massive difference. They enjoyed being together. This morning…
More birds for the Gallery
I’ve been building up a Gallery of the bird life I find in a couple of parks not far from my home. Birdsland Reserve, funnily enough, not named for its inhabitants, but rather for the family that used to own the land, by the name of ‘Bird’, and secondly Lysterfield Park. You’ll find the two…
Popular with dogs too
Regular visitors at Birdsland Reserve include dogs and their owners. Quite a variety of dogs and most are very happy looking and obviously love their time at the park. I’m tempted to do a study of the dogs there 🙂 Here are a small selection of them. And this one was taken in much warmer…
The birds at Birdsland Reserve
It’s been colder, wet and windy, and I don’t get out to walk every day. I run a full time business and sometimes I have to go to morning meetings, or have a client visit. And if I don’t get out to walk in the morning it’s highly unlikely I’ll find time later in the…