A visit to the poo pits

I try to get to the Waste Water Treatment Plant at least once per month as it is the only spot in the area to reliably see some species.  These are mainly ducks  on the ponds.  However the walk in is often interesting with birds dining on the insects dining on the horse residue in a paddock.  So it was today, with quite a few Jacky Winters on the fence.
 Here is a close-up which probably justifies their alternate common name of Brown Flycatcher.
 Also checking out the insects in the horse-apples was a Grey Shrikethrush.
 There were a good lot of ducks on the ponds.  This lot  - mainly Grey and Chestnut Teal and Australasian Shovelers - were on the second pond.
So were these: a good proportion of the 84 Pink-eared  Ducks at the site today
 Here is a close up of some of the fowl, mainly Pink-eared with some others I have labelled.
 A new bird for my list at this site was an Australian Pelican.  It did land - on the greenest pond - but soon voted with its wings

Usually two of the most numerous species here are Eurasian Coot and Hoary-headed Grebe, with hundreds of each being present.  Today I only recorded 30 Coots and 13 Grebes.  I don't know where the Coots have gone, but small flocks of grebes have been in Coulls Inlet and the lower part of the Betka River recently.

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