A very wet Saturday morning turned into perfect weather (with almost no rain) to explore Torquay reserves.
We started at Grass Tree Park where the Emu-wrens eluded us again but we did find 20 species of birds and some interesting plants.
Impressive Mistletoe
Fungi
The highlight was a White Goshawk which turned into two Goshawks and we followed them as they moved around the central area.
White Goshawk
We hope they are a pair thinking of nesting.
… On to Rice Reserve in Horseshoe Bend Rd where we were delighted with a group of Flame Robins, with the brilliant reds of the males against the grey day.
Finally a quick visit to nearby Dan’s Reserve, where the 3 Darters resting on dead trees over the water were a nice finish to a lovely birding morning.
Dan’s Reserve
We identified a total of 32 species for the morning:
Rice Reserve
- Black Swan
- Grey Teal
- Little Corella
- Crimson Rosella
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Superb Fairy-wren
- Red Wattlebird
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- Australian Magpie
- Grey Shrikethrush
- Willie Wagtail
- Little Raven
- Flame Robin
- Welcome Swallow
- Silvereye
- Red-browed Finch
Grass Tree Park
- Australian White Ibis
- Grey Goshawk
- Masked Lapwing
- Galah
- Crimson Rosella
- Superb Fairy-wren
- Eastern Spinebill
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater
- Red Wattlebird
- White-plumed Honeyeater
- New Holland Honeyeater
- Spotted Pardalote
- White-browed Scrubwren
- Grey Butcherbird
- Australian Magpie
- Grey Shrikethrush
- Magpie-lark
- Little Raven
- Silvereye
- Common Myna
Dans Reserve
- Australasian Darter
- Whistling Kite
- Australasian Swamphen
- Dusky Moorhen
- Red-rumped Parrot
- Superb Fairy-wren
- New Holland Honeyeater
- Welcome Swallow
Alison Watson