In October 2010 a very good score of 97 species of birds were
recorded in the catchment area of the Gazette with 16 species recorded as
breeding. Thanks to several observers
in: Hoskinstown; the Molonglo Valley, Primrose Valley, Radcliffe, Wanna Wanna and Widgiewa Road.
Migrants are shown in italics below and species for which breeding (broadly defined) has
been observed this month are underlined.
1 Waterbirds: Australian Shelduck; Australian Wood Duck;
Grey Teal; Chestnut Teal, Pacific Black Duck; Australasian Grebe;
Little Pied Cormorant; Little Black Cormorant; White-faced Heron; Eurasian Coot;
Masked Lapwing
2 Birds of Prey: Brown Goshawk; Collared Sparrowhawk;
Wedge-tailed Eagle; Little Eagle; Nankeen Kestrel; Brown Falcon;
Peregrine Falcon.
3 Parrots and
Relatives: Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo; Gang‑gang
Cockatoo; Galah; Sulphur‑crested Cockatoo;
Australian King-parrot, Crimson
Rosella; Eastern Rosella; Red-rumped parrot
4 Kingfishers
and other non-songbirds: Rock Dove; Common Bronzewing; Crested
Pigeon; Tawny Frogmouth; Horsfield's
Bronze-Cuckoo; Black-eared Cuckoo; Shining Bronze-cuckoo; Pallid Cuckoo;
Fan-tailed Cuckoo; Brush Cuckoo; Southern Boobook; Laughing Kookaburra;
Sacred Kingfisher
5 Honeyeaters: Eastern Spinebill; Yellow-faced Honeyeater; White-eared Honeyeater; Noisy
Miner; Red Wattlebird; New
Holland Honeyeater; Brown‑headed Honeyeater; White-naped Honeyeater; Noisy Friarbird
6 Flycatchers
and similar species: Rufous
Whistler; Grey Shrike-thrush; Grey Fantail; Willie Wagtail;
Leaden Flycatcher; Magpie-lark;
Jacky Winter; Scarlet Robin; Flame Robin; Eastern Yellow Robin; Welcome Swallow;
Fairy Martin; Tree Martin
7 Thornbills,
Finches and similar species:
Superb Fairy-wren; White-browed Scrubwren; Weebill; Western Gerygone; White-throated Gerygone; Striated Thornbill; Yellow‑rumped Thornbill;
Buff‑rumped Thornbill; Brown Thornbill; Spotted Pardalote; Striated
Pardalote; Silvereye; Double‑barred Finch; Red-browed Finch; Diamond
Firetail; House Sparrow; European Goldfinch
8 Other, smaller
birds: White-throated Treecreeper; Spotted
Quail-thrush; Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike;
Olive-backed Oriole; Dusky Woodswallow; Skylark; Australian Reed-warbler; Common Blackbird; Common Starling; Mistletoebird; Australasian Pipit;
9 Other, larger birds: Satin Bowerbird;
Grey Butcherbird; Australian Magpie; Pied Currawong; Grey Currawong;
Australian Raven; Little Raven; White-winged Chough
Birding Locations
This month the location is
the part of Cuumbeun Nature Reserve which hosted the Annual
Wildflower Walk. The flowers were great,
the hospitality was great but as reported in the Bulletin the birds were mostly
hiding from the wind. Here follows the
list that I compiled, with the help of others in the party.
Crested Pigeon; Little Pied
Cormorant; Crimson Rosella; White-throated Treecreeper, Superb Fairy‑wren;
Striated Thornbill; Yellow-rumped Thornbill; Spotted Pardalote; Yellow-faced
Honeyeater; Red Wattlebird; Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike; Rufous Whistler;
Olive-backed Oriole; Australian Magpie; Grey Fantail; Australian Raven; Leaden
Flycatcher.
