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Brolgas dancing amongst the native teatrees on the edge of the flood plane.
One of the most obvious features of the Brolga’s behaviour is its courtship display, an elaborate dance. The dance begins with a pair of birds picking up grass, tossing it into the air and catching it again. This is followed by the birds repeatedly leaping a metre into the air with wings outstretched, followed by stretching their necks upwards, bowing to one another, bobbing their heads, walking about and calling. Sometimes the dance is done alone or in a group, with the birds lining up opposite one another.
I was driving along the Fogg Dam wall and spotted this pair of birds seeking some midday shade. The big male was making a few dips and springing up to his full impressive height and opening his wings but no full on leaps. still to be able to step out of the car lay flat on the wall and this pair are less than 50m away and they just slowly dance away
It is very disheartening to see a dry dam and flood plane at a time when this area should be at least 1m deep under flood water. just hope that the rain today has helped...
Brolgas dancing amongst the native teatrees on the edge of the flood plane.
One of the most obvious features of the Brolga’s behaviour is its courtship display, an elaborate dance. The dance begins with a pair of birds picking up grass, tossing it into the air and catching it again. This is followed by the birds repeatedly leaping a metre into the air with wings outstretched, followed by stretching their necks upwards, bowing to one another, bobbing their heads, walking about and calling. Sometimes the dance is done alone or in a group, with the birds lining up opposite one another.
I was driving along the Fogg Dam wall and spotted this pair of birds seeking some midday shade. The big male was making a few dips and springing up to his full impressive height and opening his wings but no full on leaps. still to be able to step out of the car lay flat on the wall and this pair are less than 50m away and they just slowly dance away
It is very disheartening to see a dry dam and flood plane at a time when this area should be at least 1m deep under flood water. just hope that the rain today has helped...