Todays Walk

[Grumpy John]

My local lake has very little birdlife at the moment, but I've found a place where I can be guaranteed Woodies, PBD's and chesties plus the occasional larger water bird.

#1 Great White Egret with some mates.


#2 I thought that this was a cormorant, but it has a straight bill. All the cormorants I've seen have hooked bills. Any ideas?
Sorry about the IQ, still learning the FZ300.

#4 And from the back.


#4 A Woodie convention, and most of them are giving the Chestnut Teal (hiding in the grass) the evil eye.


Today's walk as tracked by my fitbit.


The stats.

[wigz]

Looks a decent walk John, with a good variety of birds. #2 and #3 is an Australasian Darter.

[Grumpy John]

Thank Alan for that bird ID, much appreciated.

[Isac]

Long walk for an old fella John. Images are on the improve. Nice quantity of ducks there. The darter is a female FYI. The man one has a black head with a white streak through on the side of its head and some of its neck.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks Isac, that is pretty much my daily walk. The spot where the yellow dot is is where these images were taken.