Black-and-white birds

[Steve Read <>]

Hi Tony, Hi all

The way into Stony Creek NR is at the southern end of the Uriarra East carpark. Just follow the track southwards; it gets close to the river after about 500 m. All public land.

Regards 

Steve 

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 12:14 pm, Anthony Willis <> wrote:

Hello Steve,
How do you access Stony Creek Nature Reserve, please?   I'd assumed people would have to walk in from Uriarra East Reserve, but you say you saw a Pied Butcherbird "next to the carpark".  Is that Uriarra East Reserve's carpark, or do you go in some other way, possibly on a private road, to a different carpark?    If it's a private road, I certainly would not intrude.
Thanks
Tony Willis




On 26/01/2020 12:21 PM, Steve Read wrote:

We all know the obvious local black-and-white birds, Magpie, Magpie-lark and Willie Wagtail. They may have had a long evolutionary history of interaction. At Stony Creek this morning, the relatively three unexpected sightings were all other black-and-white birds. A juvenile White-belled Sea-eagle perched in a dead tree, a Pied Cormorant beating its way downstream, and a Pied Butcherbird next to the carpark.

 

Five separate raptor species were around, as well, and Kevin and I didn’t even see a Brown Falcon. So, overall, a good morning even if the country is very dry and the river low. Full list at https://ebird.org/australia/checklist/S63781211.

 

Steve