HAWKESBURY AREA, NSW - 19TH APRIL 1998
Yesterdays highlights in the Hawkesbury area were as follows :
1) Mitchell Park (Cattai) - Grey Goshawk (grey-phase), Azure Kingfisher,
many Rose Robins and 2 Chestnut-rumped Heathwrens.
2) Scheyville National Park - Golden Bronze Cuckoo, another Azure Kingfisher
and some Speckled Warblers.
3) McGraths Hill STW - 10 Red-kneed Dotterels, 35 plus Australasian
Shovelers, 3 Pink-eared Ducks, 2 Hardheads and a Double-banded Plover.
4) Windsor-Richmond Turf Farms - Sub-adult Spotted Harrier (one of my
favourite raptors and seen in the paddock opposite the orchard off
Cornwallis Rd at Windsor), few Brown Quail and King Quail (heard), 7 Banded
Lapwing's (at the Billabong Turf Farm off Cornwells Rd) and a Singing
Bushlark.
Many Dusky Woodswallows were still about at Mitchell Park and Scheyville,
and the usual Yellow-faced and White-naped Honeyeaters aswell as Silvereyes
were passing through.
A enjoyable and relaxing day with 113 species seen or heard in the region.
Edwin Vella
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