Australia Day – North Turramurra, Sydney

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 _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org