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Woodland Survey - Autumn 2020 - Tuggeranong Hill

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Subject: Woodland Survey - Autumn 2020 - Tuggeranong Hill
From: Lia Battisson <>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 01:11:44 +0000

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.

 

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