Fyshwich Treatment Works – 11.30am to 1pm.
A glorious sunny morning at the works – not a lot to
see at first, but after loitering, eventually, I was very happy with the
results.
Best of all – 2 Little Eagles.
In order of appeance:
1 Golden Cisticola – quite a racket in the grassed
area near the entry gate
Clamouous Reed Warblers – lots heard and a few seen
Eurasian Cootes (approx 16)
Australasian Grebes (approx 8)
Superb Wrens
Purple Swamp Hens (approx 6)
Dusky Moorhen 4
Hardhead male and female
Blue-billed Duck – 1 male
Little Eagles – the first was perched at the top of
the tall tree located at the end of the path going down between the ponds –
this pale morph was whitish underneath with dark wings touched with pale
markings on the surface – strong beak and muddy markings around the face
and head – crown upraised on movement. The bird eventually stood up
and flapped it’s powerful body fully in anticipation of the arrival of
another bird from distant Fyshwick. In the air the tails was squared off
with a slight curve and the underwings were as described as in Pizzey. The
second bird did not land but appeared to be darker underwing than the first
(not a lot of time to observe this one). Both birds circled around and
gradually rose higher to circle high beneath the sun. They then moved off
towards the airport.
Rufous Whistler – male and female in trees along the
road towards the wetlands
Pacific Black Duck (approx 8 – one young looking)
Grey Fantail
Brown Songlark from sight and flight (female I think –
near the car park)
Prior to the ‘Works’ a Grey Butcherbird at
Faribairn Golf Course.
Jean Casburn
23 September 2010
