Brolgas in the Swamp

Brolgas on farmland near Ravenshoe, July 2020.

For the past few months I have been fascinated with Brolga`s. The way they dance and play amongst each other I find very entertaining. However as soon as you think you know where to find them they have moved on.

Swamp near Mt Garnet for moonset at 6.15am, August 2020.

They are also extremely shy and very hard to get close to for photos. The morning I took this photo I got very lucky. If you look in the left of the photo you can see some of the hundreds of Brolgas that were in the Swamp that morning as the sun and fog rose.

They were not aware I was there as I arrived in the dark well before light. I got some amazing video that day as they walked towards me and played amongst each other. I also got some video of Black Swans feeding in the morning light. I will share it as soon as I get a chance to edit it.

birds, swampDavid Taylor