Monday 4 July 2022
At 3:30pm the Cob BJA and Pen BKC were in the JKMP basin, near the little bridge, with their cygnet that is almost two months old. The cygnet is now about 2/3rds the body length of an adult.
Tuesday 30 August 2022
Much the same story as for two days ago. A dull, chilly and windy afternoon. The Australian Wood Duck family still on the same pond and still 4 s-hg ducklings. Several other AWDs on this pond, mostly in pairs. At least a dozen. Also present, a few Dusky Moorhen and a Little Pied Cormorant resting ashore on allow shrub. A Grey Butcherbird calling nearby up the slope to the S. The unbanded cob (presumed) Black Swan ashore in the JKMP lagoon or basin. He was here along with other waterbirds being fed. The presumed pen was sitting tight in the cold windy conditions on the nest. One Australian Grebe seen close to the swan on its nest. At least 30 Red-rumped Parrot feeding on the ground below the dense Casuarinas close to and on the path round the N side of the basin (not far from the bridge to the little island). They have been here often over that past 3-4 weeks. Remarkable in that they pay little attention walkers, bikes or dogs and remain steadfastly feeding
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