Photos from the bush

[Nightjar]

I found this abandoned emu nest while I was detecting at Paynesville recently, the eggs are pretty old as they are bleached white with age, I imagine something drastic must have happened for the birds to have abandoned it.View attachment 13969View attachment 13970View attachment 13971View attachment 13972View attachment 13973View attachment 13974View attachment 13975

Mum lays the eggs then buggers off, dad then hatches the eggs an raises the chicks. Yes, something must have happened to Dad?