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Urambi Hills
Sunday 23 September 08:00
Sandra Henderson
Post event report
Seven COG members took advantage of the perfect weather to visit this area most had never birded in before. We walked from the Meredith Circuit entrance down to Tuggeranong Creek, and took in the dam close to the creek, as well as stopping for a short break at the bridge over the creek. There were a number of real highlights:
- two Baillons Crake at the dam, foraging in the open next to the reeds. One of them flew across the dam, which is the first time most of us have seen this species fly;
- a Little Eagle circling over the hill. A report from two days prior in Canberra Nature Map noted that this species is seldom seen at Urambi Hills;
- two Brown Falcons flying very close to us, perching nearby, with one calling several times