点评:Established by the progressive Warren Shire Council in 1988 as a Bicentenary Project and opened on Australian Day of 1988, it was funded by the Central West Catchment Management Authority and supported by neighbouring Councils, the local Aboriginal community and the Macquarie Cotton Growers. It had its detractors originally but now attracts tourists to town to spend their dollars, especially birdos. A smaller cousin of the Macquarie Marshes to the north, it consists of a string of small lakes and ponds, either side of the main road to Gilgandra, just on the outskirts of town.
Hundreds of bird species have been catalogued at Tiger Bay. Most of them must have been on holidays while we were there but there was certainly enough to keep us entertained. There were lots of ducks and swamp hens and moorhens. We spotted a Whistling Kite take off and circle on a breeze that was quieter than the previous day but still with enough power to allow the Kite to strut its stuff. A Black Cormorant sat high in one of the dead River Red Gums in the largest lagoon, strangely appearing to be by itself. A Great Egret was standing imperiously in the shallows before making a slow takeoff. There were lots of White Ibis, White-faced and White-necked Herons, Magpie Larks and Red Rumped Parrots. The highlights were seeing the fledglings of a White-Backed Swallow, who gave a new meaning to the term bird hide, as their nest was hidden up in the corner of the ceiling of a bird hide; and discovering a Willie Wagtail on its nest. The irony of the last find, it being the best of all, was it being the last sighting of the walk and only twenty metres from where we parked the car!
翻译:1988 年,进步的沃伦郡议会作为两百周年纪念项目建立了老虎湾,并于 1988 年澳大利亚国庆日开放。老虎湾由中西部集水区管理局资助,并得到邻近议会、当地土著社区和麦格理棉花种植者的支持。起初,它遭到批评,但现在吸引了游客前来消费,尤其是鸟类。老虎湾是北部麦格理沼泽的较小表亲,由一系列小湖泊和池塘组成,位于通往吉尔甘德拉的主要道路两侧,就在城镇郊区。
老虎湾已记录了数百种鸟类。我们在那里的时候,它们中的大多数肯定在度假,但肯定有足够多的鸟类让我们感到愉悦。那里有很多鸭子、沼泽鸡和黑水鸡。我们发现一只啸鸢在微风中起飞并盘旋,微风比前一天安静,但仍然有足够的力量让它大显身手。一只黑鸬鹚高高地栖息在最大的泻湖中一棵死去的河边红桉树上,奇怪的是,它独自一人。一只大白鹭傲然地站在浅水区,然后慢慢飞走。这里有许多白鹮、白脸苍鹭和白颈苍鹭、喜鹊百灵和红腰鹦鹉。亮点是看到一只白背燕子的幼鸟,它们赋予了“鸟窝”一词新的含义,因为它们的巢穴隐藏在鸟窝天花板的角落里;并在巢穴上发现了一只威利鹡鸰。最后一次发现是所有发现中最棒的,但讽刺的是,这是这次徒步中最后一次看到它,而且距离我们停车的地方只有二十米!