Tuesday 24 January 2012

Activities Jan-Feb 2012


Sunday 29th January

 
The Gardens- Bay of Fires

10.30am-12.30pm (2 Hours) Aboriginal Heritage walk with Gloria Andrews.
Join Gloria and Discovery Ranger Liz on a walk and talk about the rich Aboriginal heritage in the Bay of Fires. Free bus from St Helens (call 0409 123322 for bookings) or meet at thee Gardens car park.



Thursday 2nd February

International Wetlands Day

2.00-4.00pm (2 Hours) Wetland Wonder at Winfred Curtis.
Join Discovery Ranger Liz and Paul Frater (Trustee of the reserve and flora expert) on a leisurely wander around the wetland side of the amazing Winifred Curtis Reserve. This reserve was devastated by the 2006 bushfires and now back flourishing as a coastal haven.  Meet at the entrance opposite Upper Scamander Road, Scamander.







Tuesday 21 February 2012


The Moulting Lagoon Bird Count


7.15am to 3pm
On Monday 20 Feb 2012 Join us for dinner & briefing at Iluka Tavern Conference Room at 6pm.
On Tuesday 21 Feb meet nice and early at 7.15am at the Freycinet Visitor Centre then we're off to Moulting Lagoon to count the birds



Contact Fiona Everts, PWS 6256 7011

Monday 9 January 2012

The Perfume Gardens & Moulting Bay

Well.... after the strong wind nearly stopped our monthly birding adventure, the sewage ponds came to the rescue and not only treated us to clean odourless air, we also bagged 23 species before we knew it. Then off to the sheltered Moulting Bay for another walk and some more birds.

Attached are some photos Annette took (thank you) and also a preliminary list . Thanks  to Des for recording the birds of the day. I am still having a look at the photos of the whistler? bird.....to be continued.......
Update 18/01/12: The mystery bird from our last walk is a juvenile Satin or Leaden Flycatcher. We will need to head back at some stage, or if anyone is interested in finding out which species I am sure the adult birds are around the same area. Thank you to Ian May for identifying and confirming  this species from the photos!



Next month WEDNESDAY 1ST FEBRUARY we will do the walk from this month, weather permitting. Meet at the Bayside at 8.30am to go to the trail between Ansons Bay road and The Gardens. The turn off is opposite Chaplins road.

Best birding wishes,

Liz

Windward of The Perfume Gardens

AUSTRALIAN PELICAN Pelecanus conspicillatus
LITTLE PIED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo
LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
HOARY-HEADED GREBE Poliocephalus poliocephalus
BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus
AUSTRALIAN SHELDUCK Tadorna tadornoides
PACIFIC BLACK DUCK Anas superciliosa
GREY TEAL Anas gracilis
CHESTNUT TEAL Anas castanea
HARDHEAD Aythya australis
TASMANIAN NATIVE HEN  Tribonyx (Gallinula) mortierii
WHITE-FACED HERON Egretta novaehollandiae
GREAT EGRET Ardea modesta (alba)
PIED OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus longirostris
MASKED LAPWING Vanellus miles
SILVER GULL Larus novaehollandiae
PACIFIC GULL Larus pacificus
FAIRY TERN Sterna nereis
CRESTED TERN Thalasseus (Sterna) bergii
SWAMP HARRIER Circus approximans
WHITE-FRONTED CHAT Epthianura albifrons
WELCOME SWALLOW Hirundo neoxena


Moulting Bay

WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE Aquila audax
GREEN ROSELLA Platycercus caledonicus
PALLID CUCKOO Cacomantis (Cuculus) pallidus
LAUGHING KOOKABURRA Dacelo novaeguineae
SUPERB FAIRY-WREN Malurus cyaneus
BROWN THORNBILL Acanthiza pusilla
YELLOW WATTLEBIRD Anthochaera paradoxa
LITTLE WATTLEBIRD Anthochaera chrysoptera
SCARLET ROBIN Petroica boodang
GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH Colluricincla harmonica
GREY FANTAIL Rhipidura fuliginosa
BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE Coracina novaehollandiae
FOREST RAVEN Corvus tasmanicus
GREY CURRAWONG Strepera versicolor