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For me, notable sights during a couple of hours at
Tharwa Sandwash this morning were:
1. an apparent increase of 1 in the population of
Brown Goshawk - 3 birds seen, all flying and soaring together and at least 2
giving a ki-ki-ki-ki ... call.
2. a juvenile Dollarbird. No sign of the adult
birds that were there up til my last visit just before Christmas.
3. a dy Varied Sittella. During the 10 minutes or
so that I watched them foraging on a dead tree, I saw the adult feed the young
bird a caterpillar and also a pale-coloured moth. As far as I could tell during
this time, the young bird was unsuccessful in finding any prey items for itself
although it was actively foraging the whole time.
Quite a lot of the usuals around in small numbers -
but again, as per my last visit, no Hooded Robins or Black-fronted
Dotterels.
Bruce
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