thanks to Bruce L for excellent day at Uriarra (Sun 22nd)

[Duncan McCaskill <>]

The Black-fronted Dotterel nest in the car park: - it was very hard to see, even up close.

Thanks again to Bruce for an excellent outing.

Duncan.

On 23 January 2012 14:54, sandra henderson <> wrote:

I'm sure Bruce will prepare a report for Gang-Gang, but on behalf of
those who attended, thank you for a great outing. Bruce had decided
Blundells Ck Rd might be a little risky after the recent very heavy
rain, so we birded around Uriarra, with excellent results.  Three
tawny frogmouths (thanks Rhonda for spotting those) and a
Black-fronted dotterel on a nest with 3 eggs in a crack in the
bitument carpark were highlights, as was what could only be described
as a feeding frenzy of grey fantails around Uriarra East and a
Yellow-rumped thornbill feeding and chasing anxiously after an almost
independent Horsfields bronze cuckoo. The big dam at Uriarra homestead
yielded three Nankeen night herons, first time I've seen them there. I
believe the official list was close to 60 species in total for the
three sites we visited, so a very good outing.

sandra h

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