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In
addition to my brother's email below, a second walk at Mulligan's Flat
yesterday produced only a few species due to windy conditions, though I did see
up to 5 scarlet robins (whereas two days earlier I saw none), 4 kookaburras
and 5 families of choughs - though some of these may have been duplicate
sightings. Of the species sighted yesterday, the highlights were my
first pallid cuckoo of the season, the scarlet robins and a collared
sparrowhawk.
Maurits Zwankhuizen
A 3 hour bike ride around Mulligans Flat and
Goorooyarroo Reserves on Saturday afternoon produced around 40 species. I
stopped to check out some of the lesser visited sites in the far north and
east of Mulligans and the adjacent section of Goorooyarroo, but couldnt find
any Red-capped or Hooded Robins. Can anyone tell me when and where they were
last seen?
I did find (but only 2)
Scarlet Robins, Varied Sittella, Brown-headed Honeyeater,
Western Gerygone (3 separate birds calling), Noisy Friarbird
(birds calling in both reserves), Tree Martin, Yellow Thornbill,
5 Common Bronzewing, and what sounded like a Shining
Bronze-Cuckoo which I couldnt then find.
What was interesting was listening to at least 3
Grey Butcherbirds calling close to dusk within several 100 metres of
each other on the Mulligans-Goorooyarroo border.
In addition to this my brother on his morning walk that
day also spotted a Crested Shrike-tit in woodland close to the small
set of dams and a pair of Little Corellas by the large dam. I could
find neither that afternoon on my ride.
Cheers
Marnix
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