Benj, I assume you mean the Dollarbird was feeding fledglings, not the Black
Falcon! You got me very excited for a moment!!
> 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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