After the Lord Mayor's Show......
....came the corporation dustcart!
From sun and 80 degrees plus on Thursday it was a paltry 68/20 yesterday; not only that but it was raining and windy into the bargain. Armed with fleeces and waterproofs we set off with Larry and Dorie to drive round a small wetland reserve looking at birds - from inside the car. We bagged quite a few, mostly anhingas, herons and egrets as well as a coot, a couple of moorhens and one or two others. Luckily for the anhingas it stopped raining; like cormorants their feathers aren't waterproof and they have to spread their wings to dry them in between dives. When we arrived they all had their wings folded but they started spreading them soon after it stopped.
Round the corner from the wetland reserve is the local zoo, which we've visited in the past. This time we did everything on offer including feeding a giraffe and two different sorts of bird and a ride on a little train. Unusually this actually runs on rails and is grandly named the Cape to Cairo; Carolyn and David smugly decided they were probably the only people among the passengers who had been to both.
Feeding the birds was great fun. The cockatiels were much better mannered than the colourful lorikeets. They were really greedy! (Carolyn took photos as she does not like birds perching on her!) David managed to feed the giraffe without having his hand licked by the giraffe's very long tongue!
We watched two crocodiles circling each other, and one of them growled which was a first for us. 'Get out of my space!' it seemed to be saying. A young rescued bear was being trained to allow its keepers to safely care for it.
The pretty bird with the pink chest is a galah which David remembers seeing in Perth, Australia. The bright red one is a scarlet ibis. The kangaroo posed which was helpful.
From sun and 80 degrees plus on Thursday it was a paltry 68/20 yesterday; not only that but it was raining and windy into the bargain. Armed with fleeces and waterproofs we set off with Larry and Dorie to drive round a small wetland reserve looking at birds - from inside the car. We bagged quite a few, mostly anhingas, herons and egrets as well as a coot, a couple of moorhens and one or two others. Luckily for the anhingas it stopped raining; like cormorants their feathers aren't waterproof and they have to spread their wings to dry them in between dives. When we arrived they all had their wings folded but they started spreading them soon after it stopped.
Round the corner from the wetland reserve is the local zoo, which we've visited in the past. This time we did everything on offer including feeding a giraffe and two different sorts of bird and a ride on a little train. Unusually this actually runs on rails and is grandly named the Cape to Cairo; Carolyn and David smugly decided they were probably the only people among the passengers who had been to both.
Feeding the birds was great fun. The cockatiels were much better mannered than the colourful lorikeets. They were really greedy! (Carolyn took photos as she does not like birds perching on her!) David managed to feed the giraffe without having his hand licked by the giraffe's very long tongue!
The pretty bird with the pink chest is a galah which David remembers seeing in Perth, Australia. The bright red one is a scarlet ibis. The kangaroo posed which was helpful.
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