Birds seen along the beach
Silver Gull
Red capped Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Sacred Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Great Egret
Little Egret
Eastern Reef Egret
Pelican
Gull billed Tern - the smaller summer migrants (Race
affinis) were also present
Lesser-Crested Tern
Little Tern
Pied & Sooty Oystercatchers
Grey tailed Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Grey Plover
Bar tailed and Black tailed Godwits
Eastern Curlew
Whimbrel
Common Greenshank
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Striated Heron
White- faced Heron
Black necked Stork up to 3 seen on the beach
Red necked Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Black winged Stilt
Red necked Avocet
Caspian Tern
I had a quick visit to the Sewerage works that are currently closed for
major renovations but you can still get a reasonable look through the
fence.
Thousands of Plumed Whistling Ducks were present also:
Black Swan
Pacific Black Duck
Hardhead
Australasian Grebe
Eurasian Coot
Red- kneed Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Whiskered Tern
Opposite the Mercure Hotel was a pair of nesting Ospreys with 2 chicks
and a roosting Tawny Frogmouth about 3 metres off the ground. Also saw Rainbow
Lorikeets, Striated Pardalote, Pheasant Coucal and White- gaped Honeyeaters in
town.
To be continued.
Dick Jenkin
DUNGOG NSW
