Eagleby wetlands provides a pleasant location for a morning stroll. We will begin in an open parkland, a good spot for larger parrots and honeyeaters, and it would be remiss of us not to investigate the nearby horse paddocks for birdlife. We will then head in along a boardwalk from which some ponds can be viewed, often a good area for kingfishers, pardalotes, egrets and ducks. The boardwalk leads to a path which then follows the Albert River from where we may see cormorants, herons and, not uncommonly, a variety of raptors. We will then detour past the water treatment facility in a bid to add additional ducks and grebes to our list. We will then skirt the edges of some riparian forest in order to add a few wrens and finches to our tally, perhaps some cuckoos, and wind up back where we started in a eucalypt-studded parkland. The paths are flat and generally wide. Consider insect repellent and definitely slop on some sunscreen. We will be back at the cars by about 9:30am for morning tea (BYO) and Bird Call, hopefully before the day really begins to heat up.
Directions: Take a left turn at the end of Logan St into the Olivers Sports Complex and meet me in the carpark next to the Twin Rivers Country Music Club. There are toilet facilities near the carpark.
