It was time for the Greenway Bird Survey along the Dulwich Hill section. It is Spring and a lot of birds are nesting.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
Noisy Miner
Channel Billed Cuckoo
Grey Butcherbird
we deviated off our usual path and walked a short way in the reverse direction along The Greenway to see a nesting Tawny Frogmouth in the Piggot St Bushcare Site.
We soon spotted the nest, with an adult Tawny Frogmouth (probably the male) and two chicks.
New Holland Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
Two male Pacific Koels –
A male Brush Turkey was checking the temperature of its mound –
Little Corella
Australian White Ibis
Little Corella
Rainbow Lorikeet
Magpie
Australasian Figbirds
And a second Tawny Frogmouth nest – again with two chicks.
Rainbow Lorikeet
We then finished the survey, and had coffee at a cafe near Arlington. Then some of the group saw some more Tawny Frogmouths near Constitution Road. There were three – probably a pair with an older chick.
