Tharwa Sandwash. Friday
7th. Saw nesting bee-eaters, rufous songlarks, 3 black fronted
dotterels (1 juvenile), 2 whitefaces, male rufous whistler on a nest, redbrows
with fledged juveniles. Interestingly
2 diamond firetails were there (didn't see them last time), and finally saw a
male hooded robin. 1 Dollarbird swooped what I am pretty sure from the jizz, was
a black falcon, but hard to see at distance. The black falcon later flew to the
East side of the river and fed 2 begging fledglings. 5 Goldfinches including 3
juveniles.
Namadgi visitors centre, Saturday
8th. Near the Centre saw 4 restless flycatchers, 2 fledglings being
fed. 1 adult diamond firetail and 2 juveniles. A white winged triller on a nest.
Very large MFF- Many trillers, with 2
fledglings being fed by parents (very
striped), rufous whistler fledglings being fed by parents. Western and
white throated gerygones, fuscous honeyeaters, 4 sittellas, satin flycatcher
male, horshfield's bronze cuckoo. 1 Whiteface. Rufous songlark.
Orroral campground. At least 4
and probably 6 sacred kingfishers with at least 2 being juveniles. Quite a few
white eared honeyeaters, yf and 1 wn honeyeaters. 3 Fuscous honeyeaters having a
bath as well as other birds. Common bronzewing.
Benj
Whitworth
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