Saturday 31 May 2014

Harold Park & Park Dam

Saturday 31st May a.m.
 A bright start to the day with a temperature of 15°C on our arrival at Harold Park,where we saw
most of the regular birds.These being Canadas,Coots,Moorhen,Mallards & GC Grebe, the latter
coming close for some decent snaps as it dived for food.It seemed to catch something that looked like a Crab but we were unsure what it had caught.Down the road at Park Dam it was good to see all seven Cygnets doing well & the two GC Grebe chicks.They kept their distance this morning so just managed
one distant snap.We had our attention diverted by several Common Blue Damselflies & got a couple of snaps.
Great Crested Grebe



GC Grebe with its catch of food

Mute Swans & their Cygnets

Common Blue Damselfly

male & female Common Blue Damselflies

Harold Park

2 comments:

  1. Great shots - again. The GCG with dinner is very interesting, I used to catch native crayfish there way back. That one is so big and black I'm backing it to be an invading American Crayfish.

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  2. Thanks Nigel, we hadn't thought of Crayfish, maybe that's what holds them at Harold Park a good supply of food that only they are likely to eat.

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