Osprey

At long last a fine and sunny day after having well above 6" of rain over the Easter weekend, the river is slowly dropping.
Had a chance to go down to the Sunshine Coast on Saturday where we saw this pair of Osprey gliding overhead.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

As we walked along the beach we could see the damage that was done during Cyclone Hamish. This was one of the many beaches to be affected by the recent oil spill from the Pacific Adventurer, a big job to clean it all up in time for Easter.

Just imagine trying to clean oil from among the exposed rocks.

A look into one of the many little rock pools.

Pied Butcherbird

Time to mow the lawn again,this time the sound of the mower was a signal for the local Pied Butcherbird population to gather on the power lines to wait until the grass was cut, sometimes having to fly out of the way of the mower while trying to get in before the other birds beat them to it. We had 6 Pied Butcherbirds then 2 Magpie Larks tried to join in unsuccessfully as well as a Blue-faced Honeyeater.

Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)

I am still waiting hurry up and get out of the way.

No I am not going to look at you.

Water Views

As the weather has been a little bit wet and windy around here of late and due also to the fact that I have been down with the flu I thought I would go back through my photos to give you all an idea of the beauty about us as we count the waders.

Tin Can Bay early morning

Mullen's on the King Tide.

Mullen's on the King Tide.

Mullen's on a High Tide.

Note the wheel tracks left by a motor bike. These cause long lasting damage to the Samphire flats, which are an important segment of habitat for waders.