I love going into Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park as there is always something interesting to see. Now that it’s spring, all the wildlife is getting busy out and about.

Bush turkeys are a common bird species around where I live, as well as in this national park. Every year, the males turkeys spend a long time building their massive nests of leaves in which the females lay their eggs. The leaves keep the eggs warm, rather than the adult birds themselves.

In the picture below, is one such nest with no adult turkey in sight. Don’t know where the male turkey would have gone (they also look after the nest). Instead, there is a massive monitor lizard digging through the nest looking for an eggy breakfast.

This is a bush turkey mooching around for a meal. I doubt its the male from the nest above. Turkeys aren’t scared of chasing away the lizards when required! I do like turkeys, even though many people find them a pest.

There are always ducks around this area of the national park. Even though there is plenty of water around here, I never see them swimming. Here are two of a brood of about ten that are having a drink.

Plovers are another common species of bird. Over the past two or three weeks, a pair of plovers have been sat on this nest, looking after their eggs. On Friday, when I visited, those eggs were hatching. As I took this photo, I think another egg has just hatched.

Here is the other half of the plover breeding pair with the tiny, tiny little chicks. They are very, very cute. I’m sure I’ll see these little chicks running around over the next few weeks!

I enjoyed my time down here in the national park. It was quite quiet in terms of people which is always good. It was very warm though!