{"id":1385,"date":"2018-08-05T22:52:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T22:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2018-08-05T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T22:52:31","slug":"an-urban-wetland-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2018\/08\/05\/an-urban-wetland-3\/","title":{"rendered":"An Urban Wetland #3."},"content":{"rendered":"

The iconic Black Swan needs no further introduction.<\/p>\n

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As does the Australian Pelican.<\/p>\n

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The Australasian Darter is now a common wetland bird in the area, one is seen here drying its wings in the company of Chestnut Teal and a Great Cormorant.<\/p>\n

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Purple Swamphens are very much at home wandering about on the grassy areas.<\/p>\n

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This image shows the lobed toes of the Eurasian Coot, helpful for propulsion when the bird swims and dives under water for plant food.<\/p>\n

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A remnant fence post nearby in Flooding Creek provided a handy perch for this Azure Kingfisher.<\/p>\n

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To conclude this series of wetland birds of the lake and creek, some lovers of the muddy shallows.<\/p>\n

The Australian Spotted Crake.<\/p>\n

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The Black-fronted Dotterel.<\/p>\n

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And the Red-kneed Dotterel.<\/p>\n

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Still to come, some of the birds for which the extensive lake-side planting has provided habitat.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The iconic Black Swan needs no further introduction. As does the Australian Pelican. The Australasian Darter is now a common wetland bird in the area, one is seen here drying its wings in the company of Chestnut Teal and a Great Cormorant. Purple Swamphens are very much at home wandering about on the grassy areas. … Continue reading An Urban Wetland #3.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}