Kookaburras on the escarpment
Remanant grasses
It was a beautiful sunny morning at the Trin Warren Tam-boore Wetland today. The two Black Swans were on the Storage Pond and with them was a White-faced Heron, who is an unusual visitor to the wetland.
Ruby Saltbush
European Greenfinch were feeding on the flowering grasses between the Storage Pond and the roadside and the grasses in the remnant grassland were also flowering. I also noticed a ruby saltbush in the garden between the Storage Pond and the freeway fruiting.
Many ducks were loafing on the exposed mud in the Treatment Pond. I checked the Hobbies nest, which is in one of the tallest gums on the south side of the Treatment Pond, but it seems the Hobbies have left the nest for the year.
Kookaburra on the Escarpment
I heard a soft gurgling cackling noise coming from the escarpment and guessed that Kookaburras were up there. I quickly climbed the stairs and walked up through the skink habitat to the escarpment and discovered three Kookaburras sitting in one of the gnarly old eucalypts. I have seen two in the area before but this is the first time I have ever seen three and it seems that one of the Kookaburras was an immature bird, it had a faint buffy brown colour on its face and was making the soft gurgling half laughing noises which appeared to be begging for food from its parents. It's great to discover that it appears the are Kookaburras breading in the area.