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The first thing you notice when you arrive in the small park/campsite at Cockatoo Lake is the sound of the frogs. And the cockatoo. It is deliciously loud. The water was very high and the whole site jumping. It was really lovely, especially with the huge, twisted gum trees.
At the camping end of the lake were a couple of trees full of Long-billed Corella. My first sighting in my 2022 trip. They are bigger than their Little cousins (makes sense) and have a huge bill.
Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
I could only walk so far around the lake because of the high water but the track was lined with thick scrub resembling a hedge interspersed with gum trees. There was so much activity but I was really looking again for some parrots. I spotted Musk Lorikeets but still couldn't get close enough. The Red-rumped Parrots were around again and I guess it wasn't much hardship to photograph them instead.
Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus)
On the way back along the track I saw something running in front of me and bounce onto a tree trunk. A Brown Treecreeper. It worked its way up the tree very slowly which meant I could get great views of it. It is deceptively attractive.
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
I settled on a spot where there was a gap in the 'hedge' and I could see onto the water. I moved the van so I could sit in my side door and just look out. It didn't take long before the fairywren and scrubwren were bouncing around in front of me. Just lovely to have these little birds coming right up to my feet.
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
Spotted Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
Above me a Crimson Rosella flew in. Unlike some other parrots, rosella are usually very shy and will fly away as you try to get near them. I suppose as I was staying still, this one didn't mind too much.
Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
This gap was also home to a family of Willy Wagtail. This is a juvenile and I love how it has golden eyebrows.
Willy Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
In the evening I saw Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo fly over. They were wailing away and didn't come close, much to my disappointment.
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
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