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Tharwa Sandwash 17 March

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Subject: Tharwa Sandwash 17 March
From: "Esme Barker and Bruce Ramsay" <>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:15:04 +1100
Did another of my monthly survey visits to Tharwa Sandwash this morning. Quite quiet - only 28 species and not great numbers of any except Starlings! (and only about 30-40 of those). Its pretty dry there now and by the looks of it, trail bike riders have been quite active recently.
 
No Bee-eaters or Dollarbirds. No Rufous Whistlers either - but still two Reed-Warblers and some Yellow-faced Honeyeaters, so not all the migrants have left yet. No Hooded Robins and, surprisingly, a complete absence of Thornbills!
 
Highlights for me were:
a pair of Nankeen Kestrel, instead of the solitary bird I have seen on most past visits,
a Common Bronzewing,
an adult and an immature Black-fronted Dotterel, and
a Brown Falcon, the first I have seen in the area.
 
Cheers,
Bruce
 
 
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