With Spring in full swing, everywhere I go at the moment I am seeing signs of the change of season and birds well into a new breeding season. I watched for a while as Australian White Ibis started to claim spots on the roosting platforms at the Coolart Wetlands. Ibis would claim a spot and then defend it against new fly-ins with much show and bravado, leaping at each other and snapping away with their long bills. While I was watching at the bird hide a curious Yellow-Faced Honeyeater popped onto a stump in front of my viewing spot to investigate the strange object poking out of the hide and making all the clicking noise.
White Ibis, Coolart Wetlands
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White Ibis defending his patch against interlopers
Curious Yellow Faced Honeyeater, Coolart Wetlands
Flowering Green She-Oak, Coolart Wetlands
The Gap Year and Beyond 