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Yes
that has been a regular spot to stop. I stop there on most of my drives from or
to Brisbane from Canberra or Melbourne, over the last 40 years. In particular
the white-bellied sea-eagle on nest has likely
been there for most of that time or maybe longer, I have certainly seen this
nest and the owners over at least the last 20 years, although it may have
been more than one nest. The local peregrine and all
the pigeons- surely a connection there, are also regulars, as are the
ducks..........
Philip
And if you’re out west, it’s
worth stopping at Gum Swamp, a couple of km SW of Forbes:
http://www.forbes.nsw.gov.au/f.ashx/docs/Gum_Swamp_RENEWED_2013.pdf
I was there only for an hour or
so at dusk at the weekend, but there were birds in abundance and variety,
including numbers of pink-eared ducks, hardhead and shovelers, and a couple of
freckled duck. Highlight was a white-belied sea-eagle on (on, better, in)
an enormous nest. Interestingly, large numbers of feral pigeons were
roosting on dead redgums and flying around, unperturbed by the local
peregrine. Several fantailed cuckoos were moving quietly through the bush
around the swamp.
Steve
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