At the
Fyshwick sewage ponds
http://canberrabirds.org.au/FyshwickSewagePondsMap.htm
At pond 6,
three cisticolas, and 2 grassbirds
(calling). Lots of flying tiny insects had brought in 32 welcome
swallows. A flock of 30 silver gulls also flew over and landed at Pond 3. Blue billed ducks were on
ponds 6 and 4, with seven
birds on each. More males than females, so maybe the females are
nesting?? Particularly on Pond 4 the birds
seemed eager to swim ‘towards’ me (NW corner) suggesting they may have nests. I
gave up counting but there were also about 11 Aust shovellers, and many other
coots, moorhens, hardheads, grey teal and grebes on pond 6 and less on pond
4.
At pond 1 a
pair of black ducks with 8 tiny ducklings. A pair of pink ears. Another
cisticola hawking insects.
Kellys swamp-
1 pelican, a Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo, but I didn’t see any stilts. 3 new
hollands. Swans with 2 ‘cygnets’, I don’t know what has happened to my
spelling. All waterbirds were dashing
around after flying insects. The other
day I saw a black shouldered kite and 2 kookaburras here, but not
today.
Benj
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