arthur

the arthur valley provided its share of ups and downs this week. managed to scam a ride in on the waka huri huri on tuesday which was definitley a bonus - saved 19kms of walking!! found 2 wee ducklings up at sutherland falls (see pics below). only about a week old and super cute. two more pairs are still nesting but unfortunately the kerrigans nest looks to have been predated by a possum (bloody aussies!). found the remains of 2 eggs in the nest but luckily sal looks to be doing okay. ended up finishing early, so walked out to milford yesterday and then checked out the cleddau birds today. marge was busy hoovering up bugs, so will hopefully re-nest. louise's nest has also been trashed by a possum. looks like they would have been pretty close to hatching as the eggshell had feathers stuck to the inside. couldn't find her anywhere but did run into angus, the suspected father. trinity and fat freddy at monkey creek don't appear to be up to much, although their eggs should be hatching mon/tues next week (fingers crossed).