|
Hi all,
Went to Mitchell Park and McGraths Hill today and
saw some interesting birds:
Mitchell Park:
I walked around the whole park and in the dry
slopes as you walk up from the rainforest area bordering the river, saw 1 and
heard
about 3 Cicadabirds, a bit further
along the track just where it starts to level out and get wider saw 1
Chestnut-Rumped Heathwren on the
track and amoungst the rocky undergrowth. Also saw
an immature Brown Goshawk in the trees bordering the swamp.
White-Throated Gerygones
seemed thin with only 1 heard and seen. Plenty of
Leaden Flycatchers were present as well as the usuall
honeyeaters. (36 species in total).
McGraths Hill:
Pink-Eared Ducks still around now
totalling 20, together with Shoveler. Also 2
Glossy Ibis, 5 Baillon's Crakes, and 3
Spotted Crakes. Other birds of
interest were 3 Hoary-Headed
Grebes which I havn't seen here too often and 1 Azure
Kingfisher in the reeds on the SW end of the main wetland.
Also
saw a Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo
seen at the base of some reeds in the middle of one of the ponds (unusual place,
I normally see them in more open
areas (50 species seen in total).
Cheers
Simon.
| 