Showing posts with label hadeda ibis.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hadeda ibis.. Show all posts
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Update, hail storm casualties.
Went to check up on the the hadeda ibis with the damaged wing this afternoon and found it had gone. Saw no signs of any violence, feathers, etc., so I can only presume that it has left. Maybe its wing was only badly bruised by the hail and not broken as I had thought.
Monday, 24 October 2011
Hail storm casualties.
Took a walk Friday evening to see what other damage the Wednesday hail storm had caused.
Above a broader view of the same reeds as above.
This patch of reeds at the other end of the dam was devastated, about 2/3 of their hight cut down. These are a totally different type of reed to the ones in the previous photos. A colony of red bishop weavers nest in these reeds every year, this year was no different and they were well established with dozens of nests hanging over the water. After the hail storm not one was left, weather they will come back this year is doubtful, but, who knows, maybe, just maybe.
Sitting under this willow tree was a Hadeda Ibis with a broken wing.
Can't be seen clearly in the photo, but it's left wing was hanging all skew. Weather this bird will recover is uncertain but it's picked a good spot to recover against the dam wall. Lots of food here, insects, frogs and tadpoles. Yesterday when I went to look it was still there but had managed to get on to a safer perch over the water for the night.
The reeds growing at the edge of the dam, just below the cottage, looked as if someone had taken a rush cutter and cut them down. Above is a close-up.
Above a broader view of the same reeds as above.
This patch of reeds at the other end of the dam was devastated, about 2/3 of their hight cut down. These are a totally different type of reed to the ones in the previous photos. A colony of red bishop weavers nest in these reeds every year, this year was no different and they were well established with dozens of nests hanging over the water. After the hail storm not one was left, weather they will come back this year is doubtful, but, who knows, maybe, just maybe.
Sitting under this willow tree was a Hadeda Ibis with a broken wing.
Can't be seen clearly in the photo, but it's left wing was hanging all skew. Weather this bird will recover is uncertain but it's picked a good spot to recover against the dam wall. Lots of food here, insects, frogs and tadpoles. Yesterday when I went to look it was still there but had managed to get on to a safer perch over the water for the night.
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