On Wednesday, we went on the birds, beaches, dogs and leashes excursion and met a person called Aimee down at the Wynnum foreshore. We went on a walk together because we were looking for shorebirds. We were thinking about what could stop the migratory birds from coming here. We actually saw a dog off the leash running in the mud! We were able to use binoculars to find the shorebirds for ourselves. We then went to the Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre were we learned a lot about where the migratory shorebirds come from and what their threats are. After lunch, we went to the Port of Brisbane bird hides where we met with expert ornithologists. They let us use their scopes to look at the birds. We saw a Great Egret, the Lesser Egret, red-necked stints, oystercatchers and many other birds.
Jed

 

 

On a sunny Wednesday, 3G went on a bus for an excursion. I was super, super excited. We got off at the foreshore at Wynnum and looked for some shore birds. We saw oystercatchers and a few seagulls through our guide, Aimee’s binoculars. When we went to the Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre we learned a lot more about resident and migratory shorebirds and how they fly the East Asian Australasian Flyway. At the Port of Brisbane bird hides, we met with Neil and Beverly and they were ornithologists. They let us look through their scopes. It was the best day and we are going to make sure that dogs are kept on leashes.

 

Fraser

 

On Wednesday, the class went on an excursion that was about migratory shorebirds. We went to the Wynnum foreshore and met our expert, Aimee. The whole class looked through binoculars to look very closely at the resident shorebirds. At the Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre, we learnt a new thing that small birds can actually fly further than the biggest birds. The other interesting thing that I learned from Neil and Beverly (expert ornithologists) was that the migratory birds fly along the East Asian Australasian Flyway to get to Brisbane from places as far away as Siberia, China, Alaska and the Arctic Circle. When they get here they have to rest and feed so they can fly back again. That is why we need to keep dogs on leashes!
Kiara