New egg laid - new challenge
The new pair decided to go with a place I think is going to be a huge challenge. It is directly opposite the 2 right of ways that...
Nesting oystercatcher evicted
Please keep the following under your hats. It is better to manage the communication re the oystercatcher nesting all at once, at the end...
Eye in the Sky for Day 7 helped big time
Special thanks to Tom Ledden and Bryce New for being able to help out at the nest site today due to a last minute call. You never know...
The egg turns
Day 4 of nesting today and looks like there is only going to be one egg. The female was seen rejecting the males advances today so looks...
So many black swans, such a surprise
It was wonderful today to turn up at Constables Point, just off the car park at Maianbar, and find 25 black swans in various stages of...
First bar-tailed godwit of the season
Today around 10.30am was looking out to see how the endangered oystercatchers (estimated less than 200 breeding pairs left in NSW) were...
Being the early birds did not pay off
By the 16th August there were 3 eggs in the Lapwing nest and they still were not sitting on the eggs full time. I couldn't understand how...
Masked lapwings the early birds
The first birds to jump out of the barriers and fill a nest on Deeban Spit are the masked lapwings. Today saw the second egg placed in...
Nesting for 2018 season starting?
This morning we had our high tide at 6.11am so when the sun came up we were still in the high tide cycle. Went looking along the beach...
Curlews still arriving
On the 27th July we had a special treat that lasted for 4 days, some visiting black swans feeding in the weed beds off Fisherman's Bay....
