Uriarra

Sun 19 January 2014 08:30am

Bruce Lindenmayer

This is COG’s regular outing to Uriarra, which always finds some interesting species.

Meet Bruce Lindenmayer at the big dam near Uriarra Homestead, corner of Cotter and Uriarra Roads at 8.30am. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE TWO SUCH INTERSECTIONS, the other near the suburb of Duffy. Just continue on either road until you reach Uriarra. After some time at and around the dam, we will go to Uriarra Crossing and Stony Creek and then come back to Uriarra Crossing East for lunch, where there are picnic tables and toilets.

Post event report

Following four heatwave days, January 19 provided some relief, attracting 16 birders and a trip bird species count of 60.

The Uriarra Homestead dam and surroundings (plus a nearby smaller dam) provided a species list of 38, thus breaking by 5 last year’s record and yielding the highest count in 23 years of these January outings to the site. Highlights included Latham’s Snipe, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Nankeen Night-Heron, Pink-eared Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Restless Flycatcher and Black-fronted Dotterel with dependant young.

The Uriarra Homestead dam and surroundings (plus a nearby smaller dam) provided a species list of 38, thus breaking by 5 last year’s record and yielding the highest count in 23 years of these January outings to the site. Highlights included Latham’s Snipe, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Nankeen Night-Heron, Pink-eared Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Restless Flycatcher and Black-fronted Dotterel with dependant young.

The Uriarra Homestead dam and surroundings (plus a nearby smaller dam) provided a species list of 38, thus breaking by 5 last year’s record and yielding the highest count in 23 years of these January outings to the site. Highlights included Latham’s Snipe, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Nankeen Night-Heron, Pink-eared Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Restless Flycatcher and Black-fronted Dotterel with dependant young.

Bruce Lindenmayer

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