A cold and blustery morning saw five hardy souls face the elements and enjoy the bird life in this small area of the Canberra Nature Park network. The Gungahlin Hill Nature Reserve is easy to get to and has a variety of habitats ranging from stony, dry sclerophyll forest to open grasslands. Luckily, for most of the outing we were able to get out of the wind and by following up the feeding flocks of Yellow-rumped Thornbills were able to have good views of 14 species including Scarlet Robin and Varied Sittella. Surprisingly, the Crimson Rosella was in very short supply with a single group of five birds the only ones recorded. Also missing was the Brown Goshawk and begging young that had been seen a couple of weeks previously but not surprising given the conditions.
Chris Davey