I spent 3 hours at the Dunlop patch this morning and
recorded 38 species including:
- Dusky and White Browed Woodswallows
- Rainbow Bee-eaters (hawking and burrowing)
- Red Backed and Sacred Kingfishers
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Trillers (M & F)
- Hooded Robin (M, F, Imm)
- Southern Whiteface (in the same groups of trees as Yellow
Rumped TBs, Striated Pardalotes [one carrying building material], Superb
Wrens),
- Pallid Cuckoos
Please the usual suspects.
I saw a young raptor– it was developing dark patches
on its face – but I couldn’t identify it. Rosemary Blemings thought
could have been a young Peregrine.
If you feel the pull of the Dunlop patch take fly repellent (or
wear a veil as Rosemary did)!
Roy
