Monday 27 July 2015

Kiltonga Wildlife Reserve (Part 1)

Last month I took my bird class to Kiltonga Wildlife Reserve and all this week I will be showing you photographs and video from our walk round the lake so I hope you will join me.  We discovered a new sculpture in the water of a beautiful Swan and the Coot seems to have taken up residence around it.








Female Mallard with her duckling which you will see better on the video at the end of this post.



The next few images are of views from different places as we walked round.  Everything had very lush greenery and the Cuckooflower and Queen Anne's Lace were in full bloom.  The last shot is a Grey Heron. 








If the video does not  appear below CLICK HERE.



There will be many more photographs of birds in tomorrow’s post.  However, I hope you enjoyed our walk today and thanks for joining me.

Also many thanks to those who kindly leave comments.

18 comments:

  1. LOVE that sculpture. And the heron. And the duck and ducklings. Everything...

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  2. Hi Margaret. What a beautiful reserve. The sculpture is very regal looking. I loved hearing your voice describing the area and birds. Thanks for sharing. Jo

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  3. Hello Margaret, I love the pretty swan sculpture. And the duck family is cute, great shot of the heron. Wonderful post and video! Enjoy your day and the new week ahead!

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  4. Another lovely spot you are sharing with us.

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  5. I echo Jo's sentiment on the video. Maybe it's the accent (which of course you don't have, right?) ; ) Accent or no, you have a lovely voice and the photos were nice. I like the mama wood duck.

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  6. What a wonderful trip! You must get such pleasure from sharing your skills!

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  7. Interesting looking sculpture and I am looking forward to seeing more

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  8. Hi Margaret, I enjoyed this tour with your class. Love the ducklings, the pond and nature.

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  9. Those ducklings are really cute!

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  10. What a beautiful place! It would be wonderful to visit.

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  11. Beautiful pictures. The swan sculpture is quite lovely.

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  12. cute heron and ducks. like the sculpture, too.

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  13. I like your statue, but I love your duckling video. I can never resist those!
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  14. So Green and lush! You'd think that imposing statue might scare off the little birds!

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  15. Lovely shots! The ducklings are adorable.

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  16. Beautiful scenery. Lovely statute!

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  17. Hi Margaret, Our paths cross once again.I have followed you on Youtube for a few years now. I was over at Kiltonga today and was amazed to see quite a few pairs of Gadwall duck. Naturally I filmed them and put the short film on Youtube. Surprisingly there are lots of Shoveler about too! I was interested in the swan sculpture too and wonder who made it.

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