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The first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2018

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Pied Oystercatcher chick sheltering under an adult bird. We observed the adult Pied Oystercatchers finding small creatures in the soft sand and feeding them to the chicks. At no other time do we observe the Pied Oystercatchers feeding from the soft sand. Clumsy Pied Oystercatcher chicks not long out of the nest.

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Marlgu Billabong at the end of the dry season

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Last month we decided to head north to go camping and birding and top up the 2018 Year List. The closest town to Marlgu Billabong is Wyndham and they had 22mm of rain on April 7th 2018 and there had been no rain since then when we visited on November 10th. Marlgu Billabong looking right from the shelter.

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