Re: Bushlarks etc Urriarra Rd

[martin butterfield <>]

I visited the site today and after a wait of about 40 minutes finally saw a Horsfield's bushlark on the Western side of the road.  Again it was carrying what looked like nesting material.  

However the main point of this message is not to gloat but to point out a key marker for the site: it is as I reported yesterday just South of the burnt area but the key point (which I had forgotten Steve saying until I got there)  is that there are gateways on both sides of the road.  Thus by parking in one of them you minimise the chances of creating another burnt area with a hot exhaust!!

I also saw an Australian Pipit feeding (several times) a young bird.  Unfortunately I missed snapping the moment of transfer.

Martin

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:45 PM, martin butterfield <> wrote:

Steve Holliday has asked me to post this as his home computer is unwell.

Steve found 2 Horsfields Bushlarks this morning on Urriara Rd about 4km past the Crossing.  There is a large (100m square) burnt area and the birds were just after that.  One at least was carrying nesting material so it is likely (a)  they are breeding and thus (b) they are likely to hang around.

He also saw a Swamp Harrier pass by, and closer to the Crossing 5 White-fronted Chats.

Martin