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All, Went out to Windsor area this morning and saw
close to 100 species between Mitchell Park and McGraths Hill in just 3 hours!
Most of the sightings were as expected but here are some of the
highlights.
Mitchell Park:
Saw 2 Pallid Cuckoos in trees
bordering the layby just before the Mitchell Park turnoff on the Pitt Town
Rd, also 5 Red-Kneed Dotterals on the lake at this location. In
Mitchell Park itself saw 49 species in 1.5 hours including: heaps of
White-Throated Gerygones, Olive-Back
Orioles, Yellow-Tufted Honeyeaters, also
White-Bellied Cuckoo-Shrike, Varied Sitella, Variegated Fairy Wren,
Yellow Thornbill, Dusky Woodswallow, as well as a single
Bassian Thrush on the track behind the swamp near the old
gate.
McGraths Hiil:
Baillons Crakes are out and about
again for spring - I counted at least 14 individuals, also
3 Glossy Ibis, 2 Horsefields Bronze-Cuckoo,
several Eurpean Goldfinches, both Royal and
Yellow-Billed Spoonbill, both Little and
Tawny Grassbirds as well as GH
Cisticolla. Red-Kneed and Black-Fronted
Dotterals both present as well as a single
Hoary-Headed Grebe (51 species seen in total).
Simon.
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