Spoonbills, herons and egrets

Posted on November 21, 2020 by | 1 Comment

While Little Grassbirds and Golden-headed Cisticolas have caught the eye at Joyce’s Creek in recent weeks  there have been some pretty impressive large waterbirds to enjoy as well.

Interesting to see a pair of Royal Spoonbills in full breeding plumage as I’ve never found this species nesting locally. Small numbers can be found along the shallows of the creek during wetter years. Still no migratory waders to report – usually a few Red-necked Stints and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers would have arrived by now.

Royal Spoonbills in breeding plumage, Joyce’s Creek, 18th November 2020

II

III

Great Egret and White-faced Heron

Great Egret

II

III

IV

V + White-breasted Woodswallow

This entry was posted in Bird breeding, Bird observations, Cairn Curran, Migrants. Bookmark the permalink.

One response to “Spoonbills, herons and egrets”

  1. Jill Carr | November 21, 2020 at 10:06 AM | Reply

    Re red necked stints we saw them a week ago on Queenscliff beach, abt 7 of them.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.