Hi All
I went to this site for a walk this morning - I didn't see anything
spectacular or out of the ordinary, but it certainly wasn't a quiet walk as
the Swamp Mahogany is coming into flower and it's Lorikeet central -
Rainbows, Musks and a few Scaly Breasted. 2 very small Lorikeets also shot
through without me being able to get a good look, so maybe even Littles too.
Certainly worth keeping an eye on the site as the Swamp Mahogany looks like
it's got a fair while to go yet and previous good flowerings have brought in
good birds including Swift Parrots.
Elsewhere on the walk, the Brown Gerygones were very busy, as were the 4
Eastern Whipbirds having a calling duel around the heavily overgrown area
near the elevated boardwalk in Irrawong Reserve. I also saw a Brown Goshawk
circling above the trees (not popular with the lorikeets) and a very vocal
White Throated Treecreeper and Fan Tailed Cuckoo at the Cabbage Tree Palm
grove
On the way home, two sightings that I couldn't easily stop for (mostly as I
was being tailgated by a very pushy ute driver) - on Powderworks Road what
looked like a squashed Pheasant Coucal, and on Mona vale Road just by the
Baha'i temple, a Cuckoo Shrike that was very white underneath and didn't
seem to have a darker head, so possibly a Little, although I think this is a
very unusual bird on the northern beaches?
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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