Just stepped out the front door of the ANWC building here at
work as 20 – 30 Yellow-faced Honeyeaters flew over heading approx.
northeast. This is my first sighting for the year of the migration. There appeared
to be no movement (that was obvious anyway) along the Snowy Mountains Highway
from Tumut to Cooma and back down the Monaro Highway from Cooma last Sunday but
I didn’t stop all that much. I was surprised by the (relatively) large
numbers of Wedge-tailed Eagles I saw – about 15 pairs or individuals, and
the appalling amount of Blackberry growing in the pine plantations on the way
to Tumut (after Piccadilly Circus). So much for Kate Carnell’s theories
that our commercial forests are well managed. NPWS also need to lift its game
in Kozzy NP with regards to weed control.
Mark
