These little Bush Stone-curlew chicks have been running around the park lately – the parent (not sure if it’s the mother or father) is usually nearby but is more skittish than the chicks and difficult to photograph. You can get a bit closer to the little ones. They are very cute – until they wake you up at night with their rather eerie wailing call. Then you don’t find them so cute 
The first two photos are at night, the other two were taken early morning. The chicks are about 30cm high I guess, and they’ll eventually grow to about 55-60cm, so they are quite a tall bird. They’re usually found in open grassy woodlands, golf courses and parks and gardens. Not sure why they’re in the caravan park, I would have thought there were too many people around for them as they are normally quite shy and secretive.
