10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2014
Bamboo is perfect for them, because it offers protection, shade and the breeze (if there is one!) The drain system is required to be very good in the north of Australia due to the torrential rains that will soon arrive. Birding Australia finches mannikins northern territory' can pass through.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2019
They travel through the dunes where there is shade among the vegetation and some protection from predators. The wind was just too much and they sheltered together in the vegetation at the high tide mark. Pied Oystercatcher chick sheltering from the wind.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
The Pied Oystercatchers are actually incredibly predictable when it comes to the dates that they lay eggs, the locations that they choose and the various strategies that each pair use in order to protect their young. Pied Oystercatcher chicks sheltering under their parents wings. Birding Australia Broome oystercatchers shorebirds'
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2012
This cyclone has been named Cyclone Iggy and is a dominant circle on our satellite image of Western Australia. They will be seeking protection where they can and they will return as soon as the rain eases. We have had a wet week in Broome with a tropical low to our north and further down the coast there is a cyclone.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2012
Well, basically it is a good area for putting a nest as there is ample food nearby and the dunes offer protection and good views of incoming predators. Why would Pied Oystercatchers been keen to use an area with all this activity? Now it just needs to get the strength and feather production complete on its wings and it can fly from danger.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2012
They sheltered the chicks under their wings and when there are only two chicks one parent can do this, but with three it seems to be more of a shared duty. They had nested closer to the reef in earlier years, but the construction of a beach shelter just prior to the breeding season one year changed their decision on a suitable nest site.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
This park, which protects scattered headlands, bays and islands of natural bush, is located around the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Dobroyd Head, the section in Balgowlah near where my grandparents live, protects one of the larger parts of the park, and is a hidden gem of birdwatching in Sydney. And a blaze of wildlflowers too.
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