Have just returned from a trip in NSW.
Leaving Lightning Ridge at 6.30am and turning onto the highway, glimpsed a flock
of black birds feeding on the ground. I nearly ignored them as from a
distance assumed they were Dusky Moorhens, but the absence of flicking tails
caught my attention.
A quick U-turn, binos and field guide, and I had my
first Blacktailed Native Hens all 18 of them.
Also eight brolgas at a wet area south of St George
helped with a long drive. Notable absence in the whole two weeks were
finches of any kind, I only saw Redbrowed Firetails once.
Annette
Cooke
