As the wetland dries up the animals arrive to pick off a meal. A Kookaburra, goanna, snake, swamphen and chick and a water rat all look over the muddy pond for a meal.
This drought continues. All natural water sources remain dry. We've placed containers of fresh water in the bush. We call this a water refuge. Spring 2019.
Creeks and wetland remain dry. We've put containers of fresh water out in the bush and set a camera. Part B of our earlier ‘Spying on Birds’.
We The bush is dry. We've placed a container of fresh water out and set a camera to find out who turns up in the dry. Birds. Lots of birds. Take some time to watch the amazing number of birds using our water refuge.
Yellow-tailed black cockatoo flying over. These large birds are seen here often. They feed on a range of foods including grubs in trees where they listen to the grub before tearing the bark off the tree to get the grub.