Canham's Road

Hi everyone,

It was a great walk last month along Canham's Road with excellent views of Dusky Robins and Dusky Woodswallows, both with fledglings (list attached, thanks Des).

On Wednesday 3rd February, instead of our usual walk the summer shorebird count will be conducted. Counts will be conducted at different locations starting at 9am. Anyone interested in participating with some of the experienced counters, please let me know. We will be finished the count by 10am and will meet in the car park between Tidal Waters and the Bayside to have a look at the shorebirds over morning tea and tally the count.

Best birding wishes,

Liz

list:

Yellow-throated Honeyeater	Lichenostomus flavicollis
Yellow-rumped Thornbill	Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Grey Fantail	Rhipidura fuliginosa
Forest Raven	Corvus tasmanicus
Pallid Cuckoo	Cuculus pallidus
Silvereye	Zosterops lateralis
Grey Shrike-thrush	Colluricincla harmonica
Dusky Robin	Melanodryas vittata
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
Dusky Woodswallow	Artarnus cyanopterus
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina novaehollandiae
Striated Pardalote	Pardalotus striatus
Superb Fairy-wren	Malurus cyaneus
Beautiful Firetail	Stagonopleura bella
Grey Butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla
Eastern Spinebill	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Green Rosella	Platycercus caledonicus
Crescent Honeyeater	Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
Black-headed Honeyeater	Melithreptus affinis
Scarlet Robin	Petroica boodang

Superb Fairy Wrens share a meal

Hi all,
These photos come with a little story which you might enjoy.  
Yesterday morning the male was feeding one of his offspring, dropping a tasty bit of cheese right into it's beak, but suddenly took it back, much to the disgust of the little one - for crying out loud!! Look at that objecting open beak - the unfairness of it all! . 
Reason being another of his offspring suddenly decided it was hungry too and flew in to collect it's share of the meal, and father dear father had actually quickly picked it back out of the beak of the first one and offered it to the fly-by! Talking about favoritism! 
Photo no 2 was taken straight after and obviously one little wren was not happy! 
I also wondered if there was already a little bit of blue showing in the tail of the right-hand one, maybe another male??.., or are they too young to show colour?  
Cheers,
Annette

Links; 2016

Duck shooting is not a sport Article from The Guardian

Feather Map of Australia, Wetland bird species are being mapped

THE WORLD WAR II TOOL THAT CHANGED HOW WE LISTEN TO BIRDSONG

Interesting and unusual bird observations