I went out to the old sewage works at West
Macgregor this morning between about 9.30-11.30am. The
paddocks surrounding the works were teeming with birds, including 4 Zebra
Finches, 1 White-fronted Chat, 6 Diamond Firetails, 20 Dusky Woodswallows, ‘heaps’
of Yellow-rumped Thornbills, 50+ Crested Pigeons, several Pipits and Skylarks, 7
Goldfinches, 10 Red-rumped Parrots, etc. Nearer Cannan Crescent there were about 10
Double-barred Finches and a pair of Scarlet Robins. 2 YTBCs flew over. Only
about 30 species in all, but good numbers of many.
I saw Yarden who said that he and Steve had seen 2 Zebra
Finches in the first paddock near Cannan
Crescent – it seems highly probable that
these were different birds to the 4 I saw over on the southern side of the
sewage works.
Regards
Frank
