John Layton wrote:
After lunch, we bird-blitzed around Lake Ginninderra for 90
minutes and bagged 24 species. Just the usual Lake Ginn suspects,
nothing high-lightable. Stopped at the Red Roster restaurant and had a
lovely, crunchy chicken burger accompanied by ersatz coffee. "Good
birding tucker, Eh, Dad," ebullient Brat announced.
Sue Mathews and I blitzed Lake Ginn. twice over the weekend, recording
52 species on Sunday. Highlights were a pair of W-W Trillers, a Sacred
Kingfisher, 3 Jacky Winters and a small flock (c.8) of Brown-headed
Honeyeaters. Lots of breeding activity, with W-P Honeyeaters, Magpie
Larks, Willie Wagtails and Dusky Woodswallows all sitting and both
finches (Red-browed and Double-barred) busy building. Numerically
impressive were 302 E. Coot and 143 Wood Ducks counted on Saturday.
Successfully avoided the Red Rooster and its Night-heron-strained
coffee.
John Brannan
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