As the migrating shore birds slowly build up in numbers at the Western Treatment Plant lagoons, I have been making a series of visits with a few friends to watch and photograph the spring nesting. There are many species building nests and raising young. The highlight was finding two separate Brolga nests.
Swan nesting, Western treatment plant
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Nesting House Sparrows
Masked Lapwing nesting – I was a bit worried about this nest, the water rose quite high after a good rain fall a day earlier.
Whistling Kite nesting
Whistling Kite – on guard duty a tree away
Whistling Kite guard
Nesting Brolga – two large eggs on a small island in a lagoon.
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