Red Hill Survey [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["Perkins, Harvey" <>]

Stuart Harris and I did the Red Hill survey on Sunday 27 June in crisp but perfect winter conditions. Some sites were very quiet but others made up for them, resulting in a fairly typical winter tally of 29 species. Of particular interest were three Scarlet Robins (two adult and one immature male), several White-eared Honeyeaters, a somewhat dispersed migrating flock of 47 Red Wattlebirds over a couple of minutes at site 1, a vocal Noisy Friarbird at the edge of Deakin, and three Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes. Three Speckled Warblers were also seen; Weebills, Buff-rumped Thonbills, pardalotes, and a few Grey Fantails bulked up the numbers of small birds. Rather intriguingly, of the two species of pardalote, I saw only Spotted across the northern sites while Stuart saw only Striated at the southern sites - I can't begin to think of an explanation for that. The various parrots were, as always, well represented, with Gang-gangs and Sulphur-crested Cockatoos both seen inspecting hollows. An enjoyable morning.

 

Harvey

Harvey Perkins
CRC Selection Rounds Section
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Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

 

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