Makuru is also a time for a lot of animals to be pairing up in preparation for breeding in the coming season. If you look carefully, you might see pairs of wardong or ravens flying together. The tall eucalypts (Citriodona) in the Early Childhood space have been welcome homes for nesting wardong. As inquisitive animals the school provides much entertainment for them with paintbrushes picked at for nesting fibres, red balls played pushed about, the water course of the early childhood provides a welcome drink and bath all year round. A particular family of wardong are no longer shy of the students and regularly forage for nesting materials amongst the playing children.
Feeding time is very noisy with the fledglings can be seen hopping about. Upon the lakes and rivers of the South West, including our Lake Galup, you will start to see a large influx of the Black Swan or Mali as they too prepare to nest and breed. Flowers that will start to emerge include the blues and purples.