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On Wednesday 14 December, we took a visiting
Canadian couple to Tidbinbilla. Quite a lot of activity in the koala
enclosure with Yellow-faced, White-naped, White-eared Honeyeaters aplenty,
Flame Robins, Rufous Whistlers, Grey Shrike Thrush, Fan-tailed Cuckoos, Superb
Fairywrens, WB Scrubwrens, Dusky Woodswallow, SC Cockatoos, and Aust Ravens
but the best was seeing the nest of the Black-shouldered Kite.with 2
young.
At the waterbird enclosure there were the usual
assortment of waterfowl, including a pair of Musk Ducks and a pair of
Shovellers. Does anybody know, are the Magpie Geese natural residents or
were they brought in and pinioned? In other words can we add them to our
ACT list or not? Also, there was a Red-bellied Black snake just
inside the gate.
And later that evening we went to the dam on Mt Majura and saw a pair
of Glossy-black Cockatoos coming in to drink.
This morning Sun 18 we had Yellow-rumped Thornbills
in the garden for the first time since the fires.
Allan and Hazel Wright
Canberra ACT
The Nation's Capital
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