[Canberrabirds] Shepherd’s Lookout today

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I walked down to the viewpoint this morning, then walked on the new Ginninderry Conservation Trust footpath which extends back towards Ginninderry, basically following the road further down the slope.

This new path goes through some interesting looking Callitris and tea tree woodland, which could be potential Heathwren habitat.

On the way back I looked down an open slope and saw some birds climbing up and down mullein stalks in open grassland. It took me a few seconds to recognise them as Sittellas, out of normal habitat.

Most of the bird activity was back towards the Lookout. There were dozens of Striated Thornbills passing through, and a few stopped to take part in a mixed feeding flock consisting of:

Silvereye 

Rufous Whistler 

Speckled Warbler

Weebill

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Striated Pardalote

Gray Fantail

Also a female Satin Bowerbird Who looked as though she was carrying food to a nest, until she saw me watching her and then stopped.

John L 

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John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net

Make nature great again.

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