Feral Geese
Four years ago, before he became blind, Thomas the goose mated with one of the two geese deposited onto the lagoon by people unknown and had eight young of his own.

There was ‘nt a breath of wind to move the reblanket of fern covering the water. The fern is called azolla

Dabchicks. On the Waimehu lagoon is a family of ////dabchicks. the parents diving down to the bottom of the lagoon getting sustenance and feeding it to the chick on the surface.

The Shag Tree. Pied shags were frequent visitors to our district but in 2007 they found the large macrocarpa tree on the norther Waimanu lagoon.

Australasian Bittern
We are very lucky to have a Bittern in our eatuary. This endangered retiring bird is very hard to caoture on camera.

On the Waimehu lagoon a pair of swans hatched five cygnets. When about five weeks old they were taken down the little creek and onto the Wamanu Lagoon

The dabchicks are looking to nest. Their nests are found on the fringe of the lagoon in the water. These birds canot walk on land.

The nesting swansnow have three cygnets They laid five eggs of which one did not hatch. One cygnet disappeared.

Nesting. The swans nesting on the northern lagoon must have done so before as they have made a big nest and are sitting on 5 eggs.

The exotic Birds of Waikanae Estuary
When we arrived back home to have
refreshments, she couldn’t run into the kitchen fast enough to tell Moira “If I tell you something you won’t tell Mik I told you will you? He has a girl-friend!”