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• Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - Birding at Bertha's Beach

I went out this morning for a look around the ponds on Cape Pembroke, not a lot about apart from a couple of pairs of Magellanic Snipe.

This afternoon I went out to  Bertha’s Beach, on one of the flood ponds by the car park a single Black Necked Swan allowed me to approach the edge of the pond and get the below image.

Further along the coast on another pond there was a pair of Flying Steamer Ducks, Silver Teal, Speckled Teal, Chiloe Wigeon, Silvery Grebe & 16 more Black Necked Swans.

Right by one of the tracks I came across the below Two Banded Plover sitting on a nest, I placed a couple of large rocks a few feet away either side of the nest to stop any vehicle driving over the nest.

Out in the kelp beds there were lots of South American Terns & Brown Hooded Gulls.

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• Friday, October 9, 2009 - Black Necked Swan

Posted by Anonymous
Alan, Knowing how timid these swans are I'm amazed at how close you got. Great to see the Magellanic penguins back at Gypsy Cove and relive my memories of walking there last spring. I hope you are your family have fun at Goose Green and look forward to seeing more Lafonia specials. Best wishes Margaret Carr
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