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3 New Birds at Werribee Treatment Plant

May 7, 2016 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

I didn’t bird as much as I would have liked this past summer. It seemed any time I pushed myself to hard, I got a migraine. It was brutal. I was crying the day before I was meant to be seeing a musical as I was so scared I’d be too sick to go.

Nonetheless, I was so happy to go to WTP again. It was exhausting. And, seeing as I was meeting a birding friend for the first time, a bit awkward. Nonetheless, it was exhilarating.

Wood sandpipers

Yes. That *is* a wood sandpiper. I’m generally a bit blah about sandpipers, but wood sandpipers have fascinating markings. They aren’t meant to be that common but we saw a couple of them. I was so grateful to be able to get a good look.

There also had been a red necked phalarope hanging around here over all summer. I had been extremely lazy about seeing it and it was nearing the end of the season. It was an unusual vagrant but tended to move around the plant a fair bit.

Well, it was seen that day. Alas, not by us. It was spotted in an area you need another permit for. It’s no biggy, I knew that I’d have little chance of seeing it and would wait until the next time it came back.

Brolgas

A parent brolga with a chick. I’d love to be able to show Sethy brolgas in the wild at some point. Apparently the ones at Serendip don’t count. Ha!

Little grassbird

Little grassbird. Finally got the bugger. At first I thought it was a crake but it was too small.

Golden headed cisticola

Beautiful golden headed cisticola.

Brown falcon (Falco berigora)

Brown falcon (Falco berigora)

Incredibly photogenic brown falcon. Damn, I could spend all day photographing birds of prey.

Yellow spoonbill flying

Yellow spoonbill flying

I don’t have enough opportunities to see spoonbills in flight.

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I did see this cormorant, which wasn’t looking too healthy. I was concerned, especially as cases of botulism had gotten around. It seemed to pick up.

We also saw a small group of godwits, which was another lifer!

It’s hard to remember much else from the trip. I know I loved it, I just stopped documenting so often as I have a lot on.

Filed Under: West Melbourne Tagged With: brolga, Little grassbird, little pied cormorant

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