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In addition to the "usuals" I had a few interesting
sightings over the last two weekends at Durras.
- lots of dead seabirds along the beach,
(I think Short-tailed Shearwaters) with scavenging Ravens enjoying easy
pickings off fresh carcases.
- a pair of Sooty Oystercatchers actually
within a roped off & signposted shorebird nesting area on the beach
near Durras Lake mouth (still not open to the sea).
- two pairs of Red-capped Plovers in the same
vicinity.
- a single
Bar-tailed Godwit probing at the lake edge about 100 metres from the above
- a first time Durras sighting for me.
- Azure Kingfisher at Durras Creek catching a
fish which appeared almost as long as itself - it eventually managed to
deal with it.
- Osprey observed flying where the lake
extends to the bitumen road - chance sighting as I drove back to the
highway.
Non-avian features were two sightings of
tortoise of unknown species, and a Red-bellied Black Snake in the old tip area
(where Martyn Moffatt had a similar close encounter during a COG outing
in 2008)
Cheers
Rod
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Rod Mackay
Tel. 0407 456 330
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