I loved Wynnum Mangrove Boardwalk so much last weekend that I had to bring Sam back this weekend! We had a family event on the northside so decided to make a day of it and fit in some birdwatching in the morning.
We started at the boardwalk. Last time the tide was so high that I couldn’t get around the full circuit, but this time we were lucky that the tide was a bit lower so we did the full walk.
First up was this gorgeous Torresian Kingfisher, who was preening:
And then this Little Egret looking for breakfast in the mangroves—it really was a lot smaller than other egrets I’ve seen.
Sam and I have been trying to find an Olive-Backed Oriole ever since we started birding (they’re supposed to be common …). We were looking at other birds when all of a sudden this attitude-filled oriole flew over and perched right near us on the boardwalk.
This Rufous Whistler was flitting around madly, trying to feed its demanding chicks:
One of said chicks ventured a few steps out of the nest (and then retreated):
I loved how this egret was perched among all the tress and mangroves. The landscape in this area really is special.
We only had a little time left, but it was just enough to stop by Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve quickly to check it out. Neither of us had ever been to this spot before and we were very impressed. We’ll be back for a longer session soon.
Right as we walked in we spotted this Varied Triller:
And, of course, there were some Magpie Geese:
And the baby Dusky Moorhens were just too cute:
We also spotted a lifer—the Comb-Crested Jacana! They were tricky to spot against the lilypads.
Another lifer, the White-Breasted Woodswallow:
And, last but not least, not a lifer but a bird I always enjoy photographing—the Little Black Cormorant:
Birds
- Australasian Darter
- Australasian Figbird
- Australian Brushturkey
- Australian Magpie
- Australian White Ibis
- Black Swan
- Black-Faced Cuckooshrike
- Blue-Faced Honeyeater
- Chestnut Teal
- Comb-Crested Jacana
- Dollarbird
- Dusky Moorhen
- Golden-Headed Cisticola
- Great Egret
- Grey Fantail
- Little Black Cormorant
- Little Egret
- Little Pied Cormorant
- Magpie Goose
- Magpie-Lark
- Mangrove Gerygone
- Masked Lapwing
- Noisy Miner
- Olive-Backed Oriole
- Pied Cormorant
- Plumed Egret
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Rufous Whistler
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Silvereye
- Tawny Grassbird
- Torresian Crow
- Torresian Kingfisher
- Varied Triller
- Welcome Swallow
- White-Breasted Woodswallow
- Willie Wagtail
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