This morning our walk on the Woodland Walk had several highlights. The first, near the carpark ,was a small raptor which we saw swoop down from a tall tree and catch a small dark brown mouse which it rapidly ate while perched on a bare
branch. It did not hover (as we would have expected from a Black-shouldered Kite) but swooped straight down which made us wonder if it could have been a Grey Goshawk. All up we saw 25 species with a mixed feeding flock which included 3 thornbill species, a
Grey Fantail, about 20 Red-browed Finches, silvereyes and wrens. The wetland highlights were darters, 4 Australasian Grebes, pelicans and White-faced Herons.
Susan & Alan Robertson
