Two WANDERING WHISTLING DUCKS were still present at McGraths Hill near
Windsor in Sydney on the 21st of October, giving very good views in the
small ponds especially. I was led to beleive that these birds had departed
after heavy rain on Monday but this was not the case much to my delight. The
birds are easy to find at this location just go through all the ducks!.
Also at McGraths Hill I heard one SPOTLESS CRAKE, and also saw one BAILLON'S
CRAKE briefly. Hopefully crake numbers will increase over summer and we may
see some more breeding activity like last summer when a Baillon's Crake
chick was seen and I saw several juvenile Australian Spotted Crakes.
Other birds of note at McGraths Hill on this day included:
1 SWAMP HARRIER
2 PEREGRINE FALCON - female caught what looked like a moorhen.
2 LATHAM's SNIPE
9 BLACK WINGED STILT - one bird was giving a wing distraction display by
rowing its wings in a leisurely flapping manner as it stood on the ground,
other stilts were flying around calling and flying at me so I think they are
or are planning to breed. Last summer I even saw one chase off a Whistling
Kite!
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