On the edge of the east side of Bundy is the wonderful Baldwin Swamp – a haven for birds and reserve for some of the Woongara Scrub species that have been mostly cleared for cane plantations.

A squadron of magpie geese coming in to land at Baldwin Swamp. Take a gander at that!

Magpie geese enjoying the winter sun at Baldwin Swamp – males have a larger bump on their head as they get older – they get goosebumps.

Mother Magpie goose and her goslings. She named her first-hatched “Ryan”.

Magpie goose feet – a reminder that birds descended from a group of dinosaurs called theropods.

When the goose left, things started to go south.

Black swans – when the last egg hatched, the mother said,” S’wan more mouth to feed!”

Sacred ibis in their natural habitat lamenting the lack of bins in the reserve.

Cotton pygmy goose – the species is one of the smallest geese in the world

Pair of Cotton pygmy geese – male on the left

Hardhead duck – we didn’t use a duck caller to attact it, I didn’t want to use fowl language.

The Australasian grebe has a broad diet that includes a range of fish, aquatic invertebrates and occasional small frogs. It inflicts grebe-ous bodily harm on its prey.

Flying foxes made a racket in the trees on the southern side of the swamp

I wouldn’t trust them much – they are fly-by-nighters.

Waterlily – some famous artist once painted a pond of waterlilies – I can’t remember his name for love or Monet.

Dusky moorhen

An Intermediate egret – because of its tuft of feathers, some people call it Plumed egret but that isn’t its real name, it’s only a Nom de Plume.

A non-wonky Willie wagtail (see blog TABA Day 3 for the wonky one)

Swamp hen on its exercise round

“Suffering succotash – nobody messes with this little (Pacific) black duck”.

Peaceful dove

Female Rufous Whistler in a melaleuca at the water’s edge. Its beautiful call ended our Baldwin Swamp visit on a high note.

Back in town and later in the day, the sunset with Bundaberg Western Water Tower.