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First Visit to Lakeland Wetlands

August 5, 2015 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

Carolyn and I went here after we went to Serendip. My initial impression was that ‘oh, this is like Balyang but on a slightly larger scale.’ Then we turned around and saw just how huge the place was.

My initial comments were because the first two birds I was greeted with was this heron and darter.

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Then I saw the cape barron geese – and more goslings! – and thought “oh, we aren’t along the Barwon anymore.

I haven’t really explored areas around Lara. I haven’t had the time, nor the knowledge. Carolyn and I walked around here and she showed me where the birds like to hang out at different times of the year.

She is so knowledgeable and taught me so much. It may be worth coming back at a later time but, for now, it isn’t that high of a priority. If you live between Corio and Werribee, this can be an interesting place to drop into. You’ll probably get similar species to what you’d find in other locations in the area. It’s great for getting close photos of Geese. I was also intrigued by the proximity to Hovells creek, something I’m keen to walk along again.

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Filed Under: Geelong And Surrounds Tagged With: australian darter, cape barren goose, lara lakeland, red-rumped parrot, white faced heron, willy wagtail

Serendip with Sethy

September 20, 2014 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, I went to Serendip with my dad and nephew. I was hanging out with family while my mum was getting over an illness and dad decided to give mum a break for a couple of hours.

It was raining on and off, so we first drove around the you yangs for a short while. We tried to find the tawny frogmouth near the information centre with no luck. I later read that this can be rather difficult.

We also went to big rock. I loved the bush there, I hadn’t been there in ages. I’d love to return there to bird!

We got to Serendip just as a group of school kids arrived, which is always fun.

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We saw this Eastern Rosella. I did hear another interesting bird but of course, Sethy wouldn’t be quiet while I tried to find where it was.

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One of my main priorities was seeing any baby goslings.

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I saw these two cape barron geese. I love baby birds. I later saw magpie goslings.

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I got this cute photo of a kangaroo sticking its tongue out.

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I met a lady who had the same camera as me but wanted to check out the quality of my sigma lens. Accidentally caught the wren with it’s mouth open! Feeling kind of smug, considering Glenn has been struggling to capture one.

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While in an open aviary, we saw this rail and it’s chick. Sethy saw the chick first. Wish we’d gotten more photos!

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An older gosling.

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This bird was apparently sitting on an egg. I’ll have to visit to see the baby when it’s hatched.

Planning to visit again with Glenn this time. We didn’t get to check out any of the decent areas as it started raining again. Also: what is the best time to see brolga courtship displays?

Filed Under: Geelong And Surrounds Tagged With: buff banded rail, cape barren goose, eastern rosella, serendip sanctuary, superb fairy wren

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