[UNCLASSIFIED] Perceival Hill

I went to Perceival Hill yesterday arvo.

Saw 2 varied sittellas, 20 or so redbrows, 2 yellow tailed blacks, a pair of speckled warblers, interestingly one bird worked its way to the top of a gum tree, then flew >50m across an open paddock into another tree. A dozen striated thornbills, other thornbills. Strangely no tree creepers or robins.

Also hoary headed and Australasian grebes, hardhead, grey teal, others. From this dam in the SW edge, a bird of prey, either a hobby or peregrine, probably the latter, took off with a large bird in its talons (maybe a waterbird), the BOP was finding it difficult to gain height. I followed but could not relocate the bird.

No plants in flower.

Along William Hovel the last 2 weeks (between Coulter and Bindubi) I have seen a brown falcon on the wires at least 3 times, and a flock of about 12 peewees- although dwindling, originally was 40.

Benj Whitworth

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