Yea Wetlands | Environmental conservation organisation

Yea Wetlands

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25.01.2022 There is no need to worry about flooding when you live 10 metres above the ground. White-faced Heron chick.

25.01.2022 Mum, Dad and Junior Yellow tailed black cockatoos were spotted feeding this evening in the wetlands. They were looking for grubs under the wattle bark and junior was wailing continuously. Very distinctive calls made them easy to find!

24.01.2022 Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2020

20.01.2022 Robert Gardiner heard this Crested Shriketit before seeing it, which is often the case. Their massive beaks tear at the bark looking for critters to eat.

16.01.2022 And this evening's snake is a red bellied black, just curled up quietly by the edge of a walking track.

15.01.2022 Regular visitor Lainie Murray has sent us these fantastic bird photos. The male Spotted Pardalote is probably participating in nesting in the Wetlands where they have been observed tunneling into the river bank. The Little Black Cormorant will be passing through to check the water for fish. The male Bronzewing Pigeon is a rarity in the Yea Wetlands, only reported once before in 2017. Thanks for the great photos, Lainie.

12.01.2022 A walk in the wetlands in the early evening will always be rewarded. Last evening the reward was pairs of Sacred Kingfishers and a Swamp Wallaby sitting high about the grasses on a mound.

11.01.2022 The mighty tree in the middle of Cummins Lagoon may have fallen but its hollows are being used for nesting by this pair of recently-returned Sacred Kingfishers. Photos: R. Gardiner

08.01.2022 The snake season is well upon us. Saw three two nights ago and tonight filmed this young tiger snake by the side of a pathway. Please keep a lookout when walking.

08.01.2022 Early evening reflections.

05.01.2022 Have to love a walk in the wetlands when you can see multiple pairs of Sacred Kingfishers. What a delight!

05.01.2022 Grey fantails are abundant in the Wetlands now. They are migratory with numbers increasing in the Summer, and visitors from Tasmania coming over in Autumn and Winter (they have a paler breastband) while the local ones head North. Fantails are nesting now and scold noisily if observers go too close

01.01.2022 As usual, there are quite a few breeding pairs of Sacred Kingfishers in Yea Wetlands. Robert Gardiner has photographed this one, which is probably male having unusually rich buff coloration on the breast