Hello Bruce and all,
Yes it is a good spot and Barbara has asked me to do it on the Blitz
survey, so I intend to do so again. (Barbara, I hope that is not secret
information.) Last year on that event I was rewarded by watching a Brown
Snake going along the bank, investigating holes along the sandy creek
bank. Maybe looking for Bee-eater or Spotted Pardalote nests or maybe
just a place to hide. I can also see if the Brown Goshawks are nesting
there again.
Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah ACT 2902
02 - 62314041
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Ramsay
Sent: Monday, 19 October 2009 2:13 PM
To: Canberrabirds
Cc: Esme Barker; Daisy O'Neill
Subject: Tharwa Sandwash 19 October
Tharwa Sandwash this morning was alive with birds. I saw 37 species,
including:
1 Dollarbird
5 Rainbow Bee-eater
1 Sacred Kingfisher
2 Tree Martin
3 Dusky Woodswallow, and 2 species that I have not seen there before -
White-winged Triller and White-browed Scrubwren.
With the addition of these last two, my list for the site over the past
14 months (I go there at least once each month) now stands at 76
species. I have no idea how this might compare with any "official" site
list (if there is such a thing) but I think it does demonstrate just how
useful to birds (even if only transiently) this area is.
Plenty of the usual summer residents - Rufous Whistler, Australian
Reed-Warbler, Willie Wagtail and Grey Fantail.
Unlike the past two years, I may not be able to get there for this
weekend's Blitz so if anyone is looking for a pleasant place to survey I
can recommend it. It looks at its absolute best at the moment after all
the rain and the river is quite full - almost bank-to-bank in many
places. Keep an eye out for platypus too - and wombats if you go early
enough! Probably the only downside is that judging by the number of
wheel tracks that were there this morning, trail bike riders have
started using the area on the weekends again.
Bruce
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