FORMER Goulburn Post photo-journalist Lyn Terrey has taken to Marsden Weir with her trusty Canon camera to photograph the rich array of bird life. The Post thanks biologist Rod Falconer for identifying the birds.
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![A little Pied Cormorant holds its wings out to dry while an intermediate Egret strikes a pose nearby.
A little Pied Cormorant holds its wings out to dry while an intermediate Egret strikes a pose nearby.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/FkT3ZusFw5YrTvZCipmLUF/6470e29c-76af-4ac5-bdc0-adb07786631c.jpg/r0_210_2768_1605_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A little Pied Cormorant holds its wings out to dry while an intermediate Egret strikes a pose nearby.
![The White-Faced Heron is a very common bird around Goulburn and likes to hunt in wet long grass or shallow water. The White-Faced Heron is a very common bird around Goulburn and likes to hunt in wet long grass or shallow water.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/FkT3ZusFw5YrTvZCipmLUF/d44ab505-802d-4d10-a1d3-89c44d7c6b29.JPG/r0_491_2768_2239_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The White-Faced Heron is a very common bird around Goulburn and likes to hunt in wet long grass or shallow water.
![The Purple Swamphen, also commonly found in New Zealand, has huge character. The Purple Swamphen, also commonly found in New Zealand, has huge character.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/FkT3ZusFw5YrTvZCipmLUF/e9c797f1-af29-4269-b1f3-7402e827b43b.JPG/r0_0_4608_2918_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Purple Swamphen, also commonly found in New Zealand, has huge character.
![An Intermediate Egret perches below the weir water, which was frothing possibly due to pollutants in the water. Egrets have a remarkable mechanism for catching their prey. An Intermediate Egret perches below the weir water, which was frothing possibly due to pollutants in the water. Egrets have a remarkable mechanism for catching their prey.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/FkT3ZusFw5YrTvZCipmLUF/efaa84fb-b63c-402a-9f41-166b7995ecd4.JPG/r0_310_2759_3460_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
An Intermediate Egret perches below the weir water, which was frothing possibly due to pollutants in the water. Egrets have a remarkable mechanism for catching their prey.
![A Pied Cormorant dries its wings. While most birds have plenty of oil in their feathers to keep them afloat, Cormorants are diving birds. A Pied Cormorant dries its wings. While most birds have plenty of oil in their feathers to keep them afloat, Cormorants are diving birds.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/FkT3ZusFw5YrTvZCipmLUF/08abd2a6-9ff7-4c93-aa13-653b13929db2.jpg/r0_0_4526_3461_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A Pied Cormorant dries its wings. While most birds have plenty of oil in their feathers to keep them afloat, Cormorants are diving birds.
![A family of Dusky Moorhens, a hen-like wading bird, play at the weir. A family of Dusky Moorhens, a hen-like wading bird, play at the weir.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/mD2CAtAW6YCRaRgZjfziq9/5e486852-f462-4a6e-9c71-a6eb7e7504c5.jpg/r0_430_4608_3348_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A family of Dusky Moorhens, a hen-like wading bird, play at the weir.