Bird Watching: Black swan and cygnets at local lake, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Evening, all.

OPbirder, what a gorgeous little rodent. He must have thought he'd died and gone to heaven!

cpartschick, your image of the swans is quite surreal. Doesn't matter about the clarity, it captures the atmosphere beautifully. Thanks.

We don't have any native geese in our local area. There are several species which occur in other, more distant areas, such as the Cape Barren Goose, the Magpie Goose and Burdekin Goose.

We've had constant thunderstorms with accompanying rain today. Lots of wind damage about 300 kilometres south of Perth. Lake Claremont will probably have a little bit more water in it tomorrow. I'll head off in the morning and see if I can capture anything interesting to share.

The bird in the attached image is of a Western Shrike Thrush. My husband (see legs) found it as a tiny wee baby hopping across a major highway l hundreds of kilometres north of Perth several years ago. We reared it and looked to relocate it in its local area, without success, so we had it in a large aviary for about nine years. She died, aged about 11 years. She had the most beautiful song - a loud and bell-clear song. She adored my husband (can't figure out why).