There’s a very gentle breeze sitting here. The late afternoon sun is dappling through the leaves. I saw two Black Cockatoos fly over before. They are one of my favourite birds.
Category: Other Side Bench
Day 343 – Big Old Tree Bench
I came down to the river today hoping to see the baby Moorhens. I didn’t see them at Other Side Bench where they usually are. So I just walked down this way, and I saw the family that has two babies. The babies are picking through the grass on the opposite bank, and the parents […]
Day 340 – Other Side Bench
We saw the little baby Moorhens again. At first we only saw the one that we saw the other day. Then as I was taking photos, I saw another family with two babies. They were sunning themselves on a log in the river. Then when I looked up, I saw this Long-Billed Corella sitting right […]
Day 333 – Other Side Bench
The main flock of the Corellas is going over right now. Oh my goodness, they are deafening.
Day 328 – Other Side Bench
I was sitting here thinking it was as bit of an uneventful Benching day. Then along came some Moorhens with a fluffy little baby. He is just so cute. He stumbled on the bank before, and rolled over a little bit. He fell on a Corella feather and, because he was wet, a Corella feather […]
Day 316 – Other Side Bench
Well, today’s the day. The moment I’ve been waiting for for months – to be able to cross the causeway to get to the other side easily. The river’s now around 60 centimetres deep. There is bugs everywhere though. Trillions of them.
Day 284 – Other Side Bench
The first thing I saw when I came down here, was the Red Wattlebird taking a bath again. It’s amazing how quickly the river level drops. Already I can see ripples where the water’s just barely covering the causeway. It feels like only last week that it flooded again. But now it looks like the […]
Day 276 – Other Side Bench
It looks like the river level is at about three metres. Everything is muddy, the path is still muddy, there’s silt and mosquitoes everywhere. I really do want to get a telephoto lens. This morning, I walked past Private Bench. I couldn’t get to it because of a puddle, but the Wood Duck family was […]
Day 262 – Other Side Bench
I saw the Wood Duck family again! The ducklings are so grown up. There’s still five teenagers and their parents.
Day 191 – Other Side Bench
It is a truly beautiful day. What a perfect day for the first official day of spring. It is sunny and glorious. I’m sitting here in the warm sun on the picnic rug listening to the wind in the trees and the sound of the birds.