Hall Woodland

I spent Sunday afternoon in the woodland
around Hall. A huge amount of breeding activity and plants in flower.

Birds seen in various stages of breeding/nesting
included White-throated Treecreeper, Leaden Flycatcher, Spotted Pardalote,
Striated Thornbills and Kestrel. Other birds included Dollarbirds, Grey
Currawong, Speckled Warbler, Yellow Thornbill, Olive-backed Oriole, both
Gerygones, Rufous Songlark, Rufous Whistler, and Dusky Woodswallow. I could
also hear Little Ravens up near One Tree Hill.

Really interesting was a pair of Wedge-tailed
Eagles along Brooklands Rd. I stopped the car some metres from where they
sat in a field. One bird flew off being chased by Ravens and Magpies, and
while I watched the other bird tried, unsuccessfully, to fly up with a
recently dead lamb in its talons. An amazing sight as it leaped airborne
briefly. It eventually left the prey behind.

Other interesting fauna included a Shingleback,
an Eastern Blue-tongue and a Pobblebonk.

To flora and the following were in flower:
Pink Caladenia, Bulbine Lilies, Billy Buttons, Daphne Heath, both forms
of Sundew (white and pink flowers carpeted some areas, growing very high
in places), Peas, mistletoe (no honeyeaters I could see) and even some
eucalypts (attracting a few Yellow-faced Honeyeaters).

Cheers
Marnix


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