I went for a drive around a few spots this morning. Not the greatest weather with heavy overcast and strong winds.
- Foxlow Lagoon continues to be almost devoid of birds. The family of Black Swans is still present with 4 cygnets. 2 Musk Duck also present, one definitely a male but the other dived too quickly for me to be sure of its sex.
- Next stop was the Banded Lapwing site just North of Hoskinstown, but none of that species - nor many of any other species - present.
- The three dams on the edge of Bungendore were pretty much empty of birds with a fly past by 3 Australian Shelduck the only noteworthy record.
- The poo pits appeared bird-free as I drove by.
- As I turned in to Lake Road it was very obvious that there was a massive amount of water in Lake George (as recently reported by others). The same applies to the Big Dam, which has as much, probably more, water than I have ever seen before. There were
several waterfowl present with the big-ticket item being 2 Plumed Whistling Ducks. I think this is the first time they have been reportes at this site. A Cattle Egret on the far bank was very yellow around the head (the higher probability being moving into
breeding plumage rather than heavy pollen deposits). 4 Hoary-headed Grebes were present but didn't seem to be breeding whereas 1 Australasian Grebe appeared to be ON and 2 others were still constructing a newst.
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