Birds and Bushfires

[Terry Munro <>]

Thanks Lindsay, that's a very heartening report.

Terry Munro

On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 11:08 AM, Elizabeth Keen <> wrote:

Lindsay, here at Harold’s Cross we are on the very edge of the southern extent of the Black Range fire. Our usual species are back in abundance including juveniles. In addition, in the last couple of weeks we have heard and seen a pair of Eastern Whipbirds for the first time in twenty years on the property. So encouraging to think some refugees did find corridors to safety. 

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On 28 Mar 2020, at 12:29 pm, wrote:



 

I have spent the last week rebuilding burnt fences around Nerriga with Blazeaid.  The devastation in that area is extreme. The bush is/was very dense and little growth was left by the fire.  However, signs are good.  Regrowth is appearing everywhere. Ferns and grass trees are emerging and clumps of green growth are bursting from the trunks of eucs and reaching well into the crowns of many. The pleasant surprise for me though was the abundance of birdlife.  Golden and Rufous Whistlers and Grey Shrike-thrushes were everywhere, Grey Butcherbirds and Currawongs were plentiful, honeyeaters (particularly White-eared) and thornbills were passing through, there were plenty of cockatoos (both Yellow-tailed Black and Sulphur-crested) White-necked and White-faced Herons were plentiful along the creeks and there were plenty of Magpies and Ravens around. Sadly, there were no robins to be seen anywhere. Kangaroos were scarce but there were lots of Black (Swamp) Wallabies. Yesterday morning while clearing a fence line, we found a Sugar Glider tangled in barbed wire – still very alive and feisty. We managed to untangle and release the little chap who appeared unaffected by its ordeal.

 

Regards

 

Lindsay Hansch