The nine sites on Mt Ainslie East were surveyed today (20. June). It
was a crisp, but calm and mostly overcast morning. I started on purpose a bit
later to give birds a chance to ?warm up?. However most sites had only few
species present, in fact one of the best sites in the past produced only 1
Australian Magpie. There was some activity between sites, and finally the day
was saved with one mixed feeding flock each at 2 sites, with 10 and 13 species
respectively. They included a.o. Double-barred Finch, Speckled Warbler (this
species also at two other places), 1 male each of Rufous and Golden Whistler.
Another ?winter bird 2012? was a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike. In total 28 species
at sites, and a further 4 elsewhere were recorded.
Michael Lenz
