Hi all,
Yesterday,at the invitation of a dairy farmer, a small group of us surveyed
100 acres of bushland he owns near Torrumbarry (northern Victoria). The
property is wrapped by Gunbower Creek.
56 species were observed on the property and another ten in the
Torrumbarryarea.
The previous morning had been the opening of the duck season and piles of
feathers and fresh tyre marks indicated that shooters had been on the
property. Shooters were also camped on the other side of the creek which
loops around Black Box bushland. The shooting would have reduced bird
numbers considerably. Birds observed included Darter, Brown Goshawk, Black
Kite, Whistling Kite, Hobby, Black-fronted Dotterel, Masked Lapwing,
Eastern Rosella, Azure Kingfisher, Brown Tree-creeper, Striated Pardalote,
Weebill, Western Gerygone, five species of Thornbill (Brown,
Chestnut-rumped, Yellow-rumped, Yellow and Buff-rumped), Southern
Whiteface, Jacky Winter, Red-capped Robin, Restless Flycatcher, Pied
Butcherbird, Zebra Finch (nesting), Diamond Firetail (nesting) and Little
Grassbird plus the common birds like Galah, Yellow Rosella, Magpie,
White-plumed Honeyeater, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Little Raven, etc.,
etc. Blue-faced Honeyeater and Great Black Cormorant were amongst the
birds seen at nearby Torrumbarry Weir.
The farmer has invited us to carry out another survey of his bushland in a
few months' time.
Keith Stockwell,
Echuca-Moama
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