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Winter Woodland survey report: a rural leasehold near Tharwa

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Subject: Winter Woodland survey report: a rural leasehold near Tharwa
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 08:59:50 +0000

Rural leasehold near Tharwa

The survey was conducted on Sunday 26 June 2016. I started later in the morning than usual, hoping that the birds would be more active by then, but they certainly were not, with very low abundance and species diversity. Only 15 species were observed, including 9 inside the subsites and 6 outside but within the survey periods. The number of species at the subsites ranged from 0 to 5, with the most widespread being the Galah, Striated Thornbill and Grey Shrike-thrush. The most abundant was the White-winged Chough, with a flock of about 40 – apparently three family groups coalesced. The small passerines usually common in grassy box woodland were almost entirely absent. No breeding was observed and the vulnerable species that are usually found at this site were not observed. Pleasingly, the Noisy Miners observed at this location in the March survey were absent this time.

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