Werribee Wagtails existed as an active bird watching group in the western suburbs for 25 years or so. With the formation of BirdLife Australia, Wagtails merged to become BirdLife Werribee, and essentially continued to run business as usual.
Change is, as they say, inevitable, and many of the core of the group, found themselves at the Jawbone Reserve yesterday, co-incidentally, 😉 , looking for birds.
Surprise, Surprise!
So too, of course, were members of the old group 😉
Perhaps it was a ‘re-birthing’ of Werribee Wagtails? Stranger things have happened.
So after the usual good natured greeting and discussion we all set off with the same intent, looking for birds. And Jawbone didn’t disappoint.
Another surprise, or co-incidence, we all ended up at Newport Lakes for morning tea. And some of Cathy Buckby’s wonderful cake creation, thanks to Mark for just happening to be there with cake on supply. 😉
We walked the lake, finding the birds very quiet and furtive, so it was soon time for lunch. The merry chatter of (former?) Wagtails enjoying the day out resounded from under the picnic shelter.
Then on to the mouth of Kororoit Creek and Paisley Drain outflow among the fishermen’s huts. Should that be fisherperson’s ??
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
Mr An Onymous, EE and I went on to Altona to have a coffee in the sunshine and watch the activities on the beach.
We might meet up again 😉
Catch you Along the Track.
Enjoy
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A lovely social birding outing David, it is always a buzz when we run into our birding friends on the track. You had a wonderful little gathering and saw some good birds also. I especially like your Hoary-headed Grebe shot:-)
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Thanks Ashley, that we had some good sunshine and weather probably also added that extra element of enjoyment.
The old Wagtails has such a great feeling of being out together and the humour and support is pretty contagious.
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At the risk of sounding clichéd, everything old is new again! Great to meet friends of like mind!
Lovely images from the day.
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Ha!, I had pondered using something old, something new, something borrowed.. etc, but decided not. 😉
Says something about the camaraderie of Wagtails.
All good
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Such a delightful collection of images. Clearly a very satisfactory visit was had!
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Hello Eleanor,
Jawbone is quite the photographers paradise. Get close to the birds, good light from behind, often plenty of variety, and
good action. There might be more exotic spots in the world, but for a couple of hours on a good day, I can easily, happily fill a memory card.
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