Hi all
hope you've all had a great day. Having been in the UK & Europe until recently
(my 1st bird of 2014 was a Black-headed Gull), had my first proper Aussie
birding walk of the year this morning, following the Lovers Jump Creek Track
from McRae Place to Samuel King Oval in N Turramurra). I saw 44 species,
highlights from a good selection of local bush birds being:
- single Powerful Owl (with possum) approx 1km in from McRae Place
- singles of Pacific Baza and Brown Goshawk
- 2 Superb Lyrebirds seen (1 doing a varied repertoire of whipbird, rosella,
kookaburra and it's own gurglings)
- family of Dollarbirds (2 ad; 4 fledglings)
- good numbers of Brown Pigeon
This afternoon at home (Bobbin Head Rd), have had a couple of interesting
fly-overs (thanks to the local cockatoo alarm system...)
- the Brown Goshawk was around all afternoon
- a White-faced Heron flew over the house heading SE approx 2:30pm
- a Juvenile Swamp Harrier crossed over road heading West-East approx 3:30pm -
very upswept wings, buoyant flight, long slim tail, chocolate brown with
suggestion of white on the rump and paler patches around base of primaries.
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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