Lia Battisson isolated herself and went to Tuggeranong Hill to get her daily exercise on Saturday 28 March and did her Woodland Surveys whilst she was there.
Sub-site 3 was the most productive, with eleven species. At one stage all of the birds became very excited and a glimpse skywards revealed the cause of the ruckus. A
Swamp Harrier, a first for these surveys, came over and circled round a couple of times before flying off.
At Sub-site 2,
Red Wattlebirds were feasting on something that they found in an old nest. A
Grey Butcherbird tried to get in on the action but left without success. The honeyeater migration was in full swing, with moving flocks of
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters observed from all Sub-sites after 9:20. Between 09:20 and 11am an estimated 360 birds, in flocks of up to 80, flew through. Three flocks of up to 30 paused in Sub-sites.
An
Olive-backed Oriole made it into a survey and Grey Fantails were at several Sub-sites. A couple of small mixed feeding flocks, a
Scarlet Robin and a Speckled Warbler were nice to observe, albeit between sites.
In all, 20 species were observed in Sub-sites, and a further 14 in between. Total species number is similar to last autumn on Tuggeranong Hill.
