Todays Wednesday Walk

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Report on Walk to London Bridge

The day started well both in terms of the weather (fog disappeared as the 22 members and guests left Burra Rd) being a beautiful fine day - at least to start with- and a good crop of birds.  

The birds of the day appeared early in the walk in the high speed forms of 4 Peregrine Falcons.  There was considerable interaction between the birds flying at one another and vocalising loudly.  Two perched in a dead eucalypt and were duly chased off by a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.  Two Australian Pipits posed nicely on dead Mullein stalks at the end of the London Bridhge arch.

On entering the woodland we were treated to good views of two Eastern Yellow Robins and a little later to 4 Scarlet Robins.  Only a single Leaden Flycatcher was seen, close to the Queanbeyan River.  This was seen attacking a Pied Currawong but we couldn't determine if this was defending a nest or simply good policy.

Overall 40 species (the full list will appear in the trips section of the COG website) were recorded before the leader took the group on a side track followed by a scramble up a hillside just in time to put on our raincoats for a heavy thunderstorm.  As we were all drenched we passed on the side trip to Tin Hut Dam!

Next Walk
The next walk will be on 20 April and cover Red Hill, focussing on the area between Gowrie Drive and Kent Street.  We will meet at 9am at a venue to be nominated following an assessment of capacity for parking at various venues.

Martin