A Radjah shelduck swims along a marshland waterhole continuously scanning the banks for possible threats to its nesting site.
St Lawrence Wetlands support nationally threatened waterbirds, as well as shorebirds which migrate internationally along the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. The reserve is home to a variety of birds (over 55 waterbird species have been recorded in the area, with 92 bird species recorded in total). Flocks of Magpie Geese arrive in the early part of the wet season, feeding on the tubers of Eleocharis (water chestnut) sedge. Other birds occasionally seen in the wetlands around the swamps and sedges include Black Bittern, Little Bittern, Baillon’s Crake, the threatened Australian Painted Snipe, and the threatened Capricorn Yellow Chat. Pairs or groups of Radjahs Shelduck are often seen at the site. When the wetlands are full, the deep open water is used by diving birds such as the Hardhead and the Australasian Grebe. Occasionally the Great Crested Grebe and Swans will nest along the shoreline.
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Location: St Lawrence Wetlands, Central Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
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