Mid-week walk for March

[martin butterfield <>]

16 members and guests assembled in the general area of the Hall TSR to commence our walk.  It was pleasing to see water in the dam, but no birds were enjoying this currently unusual sight.  Red-browed Finches and Double-barred finches were in the vicinity.  We observed quite lare numbers of Dusky Woodswallows, including some young, but since they were not fed by an adult were not rated as dependent young.  One higlilght was excellent views of a Crested Shrike-tit foraging under the loose bark of various eucalypts - mainly I suspect E. mannifera.  I saw two birds, but one was less forthcoming.  However the prize goes jointly to (a) the member who spotted the guano on the ground and (b) the other member who immediately looked up and spotted the two Tawny Frogmouths imitating dead branches directly above the whitewash.

We then moved to - as one member <no names, no pack drill, but you know who you are> of the group put it, the dead centre of Hall. Also known as the Hall Cemetery.  There were few birds here. althought we did add 3 species to our list, including a soaring Wedge-tailed eagle which was just about within a 500m radius when first spotted.

Martin

PS The editors of Gang-gang may (or possibly may not) wish to use this as the report for this outing.