Mid Tours in Broome - morning at Broome Bird Observatory

 Got up at 6am - no sleep in - to be picked up for the Mangrove Bird Tour at the Bird Observatory. It was misty - the washing didn’t dry, but also it was hard to photograph the birds due to poor visibility. So here are some, identities to be confirmed later! 






The last picture does not give justice to mangrove mud! It is gray, sticky, slippery and stinky. We sort of followed each other’s footsteps on the way and you have no idea how deep the hole might be until you step in it. The fog made for a cooler morning, but limited visibility. Then when we were to head back, we could hear the sound of the tide coming in! That was the signal to move - it was quite a loud roar and moved very quickly. At the moment they were experiencing 9 metre tides! 

The pic below shows barnacles on the mangrove trunk. That’s how deep it goes.



The wingspan sign was outside the Bird Observatory info centre - for our Wingspan fans! 

Steve, you will be cross with me because my camera ended up with mangrove mud on it. They gave us boots - sort of like muck boots, to walk among the mangroves, which was great because the mud did not want to give up your feet! But still the mud managed to get everywhere. The Observatory does other bird walks but this was the only one available when we were able to come. I would like to come back and do the others….

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