I saw 36 species along there this morning. As I missed the diamond
firetail, gerygones, tawny frogmouths, dollarbird, whiteface and
tree-creeper it has a diverse collection.
The best bird today was a little eagle quartering the area to the
annoyance of the cockatoos and I think a kestrel harrassing it. Also a
fan-tailed cuckoo and another cuckoo which I think was a pallid.
Neither was calling.
I saw willie-wagtail on nest, black-faced cuckoo-shrike on nest, a large
dusky woodswallow chick in a nest and the white-winged triller male was
chasing the female round a large eucalypt when I arrived and again (or
still) when I left 1.5 hours later.
Alison Mackerras
On 02/01/17 13:09, casburnj wrote:
> What a life is this – get up, have breakfast, walk up the hill, have lunch!
>
>
>
> Sounds like a terrible diary! But what a great morning along the NW
> fence line from 8.15 to 11.15am. There was lots of loitering with very
> good results, and a cool breeze.
>
>
>
> Among 37 species the most surprising was 1 White-throated Treecreeper –
> rarely seen in this vicinity, and one Diamond Firetail. Next best but
> by far not least, were three Scarlet Robins in different locations. (1
> male and 2 immature), 1 Southern Whiteface, 2 Rufous Songlark, 3
> White-winged Triller (one of which left the nest since 29 December), 4
> Tawny Frogmouth, dependent young Dusky Woodswallow, Dollarbird, Western
> and White-throated Gerygone, Red-rumped Parrots, evidence of Red-browed
> Finch breeding in large numbers, Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike on nest,
> dependent young Currawong and Magpie, plenty of Yellow-rumped Thornbill
> and some Buff-rumped Thornbill.
>
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> Jean
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