It was a near frost this morning when I arrived at TWS circa 7-30am. A beautiful mist was rising off the river and the grass was wet with heavy dew.
Not a single rainbow bee-eater showed up.
A pair of brown goshawk/collared sparrowhawks (photo to follow) were perched in a distant tree, and all was quiet below for some time. A few small flocks of small birds (YF honeyeaters perhaps) flew over chip-chipping as they went in a SOUTHERLY (upstream) direction.
A single eastern yellow robin appeared, as did a brown thornbill and male rufous whistler. Numerous superb fairy wrens, yellow-rumped thornbills, grey fantails, willie wagtails and multiskilling red-browed firetails (photo to follow).
Already vandals have removed the chain off the big new gate, and a 4WD with five blokes in it came down the track while I was there. Has been reported.
There must be a lot of wombats around, by the number of scats down the track.
Margaret Leggoe
