Australia Breeding Family Feral 
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2021
In another year when time stands still when you are not allowed to move freely around Australia or overseas some things happen like clockwork. The eggs hatched out around 20th June after 28 days of incubation and the Pied Oystercatcher family were soon on the move. Adult Pied Oystercatcher and two chicks’ footprints in the sand.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2022
Apparently, the Rufous Whistler used to be known as the Rufous-breasted Thickhead due to its “noticeable breadth of cranium” The source website itself quotes its own source, the delightfully titled “The Useful Birds of Southern Australia”, R Hall, 1907. This is the most common swallow in Australia. .
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10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2020
Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. The eggs usually hatch out quite close together and then the family can all move away from the nest site. Feral cats are also a problem in Broome. The remaining egg still needed to be incubated.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2019
It is quite common for several clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs to be laid during the breeding season and often within ten days of egg or chick loss. Over the two weeks since I first introduced you to this family of Pied Oystercatchers there has been a lot of walking. Pied Oystercatcher family.
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2018
Sadly the outcome from here is often chick loss from predation, but for now we will enjoy observing the two families of Pied Oystercatchers as they wander the dunes and come down to the ocean to feed when there are less people around. Pied Oystercatcher family wandering the dunes. Pied Oystercatcher family tracks.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2011
We are into the second attempt at breeding for this season in Broome for Pied Oystercatchers. Sadly a lot of eggs are lost to feral cats and chicks are sometimes taken by birds of prey. We had one pair attempt 5 times in 2009, so they don’t give up easily!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2012
They are one of the most attractive of Australia’s parrots, and one of the most common, benefiting from the planting of attractive flowering shrubs. The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks.
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