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Hi All, a great morning at Mitchell Park this
morning...I reckon this has to be one of the most productive birding spots
around Sydney...saw 65 species this morning in about 2 hours...Heres the
highlights:
Best birds were a single Powerful
Owl bordering Cattai Creek about 500m from the track entrance (found by
locating droppings first) and a single male Glossy-Black
Cockatoo about half way along the firetrail.
Lots of Scarlet Honeyeaters - this
year must be a bumper year for this species they were simply everywhere
throughout Mitchell Park this morning, also rather unusual sighting of 3
White-Necked Heron on the swamp together with a single
Intermediate Egtret (must have been plenty of frogs there
today). Olive Backed Orioles were also common as were
Sacred Kingfishers (seen + heard calling in a number of spots),
Shining Bronze-Cuckoos (many calling), and Common
Bronzewing (with 6 individuals seen in different
locations).
There also seemed to be a larger than usual
number of singing Common Blackbirds - these were heard in
number of areas throughout the park particularly around the border of Cattai
Creek.
Other nice birds like White-throated
Gerygone, Dollarbird, Cicadabird, Wonga Pigeon, Fan-Tailed
Cuckoo, Tawny Frogmouth, Eastern Yellow-Robin, Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater,
Nankeen Nightheron and Channel-Billed Cuckoo were
also seen.
Cheers
Simon.
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