I did the winter surveys in the Campbell Park area, filling in for Michael Lenz, on Monday 20 June.
The weather was cold, misty and still. Most of the sites were fairly quiet bird-wise, but quite noisy aircraft-wise. The airport seemed particularly busy.
The busiest site had a small loose flock including Brown-headed Honeyeaters,
Grey Fantails, Yellow-rumped and Brown Thornbills, Superb Fairy-wrens and a solitary and silent
Fan-tailed Cuckoo, which was the highlight of the morning. There were a lot of
Crimson and Eastern Rosellas at most sites and King Parrots at several sites. Other woodland birds recorded on sites including
Laughing Kookaburra, Grey Butcherbird, Golden Whistler, Weebill, and both
Paradalotes. Noisy Miners were recorded on or near 8 of the 9 sites. 27 species were recorded in total over the 9 sites.
Duncan McCaskill.
