Hi everyone,
This morning we went on our regular walk through Mowbray Park, a narrow
reserve on the Lane Cove River, west of Chatswood in northern Sydney. The
usual suspects were seen as well as excellent views of a group of 4
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos, which are uncommon but regular winter
visitors.
More unusual was a Crested Shrike-tit, keeping close company with a
White-throated Treecreeper. This was our first sighting of a CST in the 4
years that we have been surveying this site. Previously we have seen this
species at several locations in the outer western and north-western suburbs and
at Cumberland SF at West Pennant Hills, but no closer than this to the Sydney
CBD. Does anyone else have records for CST in this area?
Although only about 15 hectares in size, and suffering in parts from exotic
weeds, Mowbray Park has a surprising diversity of birds -- our cumulative total
is now 86 species, although only about half this number are resident
here.
