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We Are Now Junior Ranges! 5 Hours At Serendip

July 3, 2016 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

Last week, Sethy and I went to Serendip to participate in two of the junior range activities. I’d been wanting to do them with him for years but the timing was never right.

We started off the morning with a behind the scenes tour which involved feeding the animals. [Read more…] about We Are Now Junior Ranges! 5 Hours At Serendip

Filed Under: Geelong And Surrounds Tagged With: buff banded rail, serendip sanctuary

Musk Duck Out Of Water at Serendip

June 1, 2016 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

I’ve gone to Serendip twice lately. Both times, the musk duck was out of the water! Alas, I didn’t have the chance to stick around and photograph him for too long.

It was great to be able to observe him out of water. I definitely want to return and just spend a couple of hours slowly photographing everything. And yes, I want a poop shot! 🙂

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Filed Under: Geelong And Surrounds Tagged With: musk duck, serendip sanctuary

Forgotten Trip To Serendip Sanctuary

August 1, 2015 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

It appears that I took a trip to Serendip Sanctuary on the 22nd of March this year… and then forgot to post about it. The first half of this year was crazy hectic so that’s understandable.

Primarily posting so you can see how Serendip changes at different times of the year. I can’t provide any commentary because I have no recollection of going. It seems like March is an awesome time to visit to see babies, so I definitely need to visit a lot over the coming months. Also: the magpie geese numbers have apparently gone MAD.

I’m not sure when the spoonbills like hanging out either, but I know that will be a priority over the summer.

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Filed Under: Geelong And Surrounds Tagged With: magpie goose, serendip sanctuary, yellow-billed spoonbill

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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