Horst and I led this walk from 4 to 6 pm. Unfortunately it was very quiet as far as bird life was concerned, probably due to the combination of it being late summer, late in the afternoon and quite windy. Also, a very noisy twin-engine Cessna kept circling low overhead. At the time we did not realise it was the very plane that couldn't get the nosewheel undercarriage to work properly and eventually had to crash land at the Canberra Airport. And we thought WE had problems!
We did manage a single Sulphur-crested Cockatoo flying over, a Crimson Rosella (usually many), Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Grey Fantail and Silvereye, plus several Galahs, Australian Ravens, Superb Fairy-wrens, Striated Pardalotes and Magpies. At least four White-throated Treecreepers were calling loudly, and we finally got a good view of one. Often such birds as Common Bronzewings, Red-browed Finches, Speckled Warblers, Dollarbirds at the right time of year, and Golden and Rufous Whistlers can be found, and last time we led a group a Collared Sparrowhawk flew by. It is an interesting walk up and along the ridge, then down to lower areas along a creek with open paddocks along one side. The weather had cooled off considerably, and all eight of us decreed it a pleasant afternoon walk together, even if rather unproductive at this particular time.
Kay Hahne