This was COG's first group outing to this new reserve. Goorooyaroo was a grazing lease until recently so is predominately open grassland with scattered clumps of trees and limited regrowth. This makes for an interesting walk with Little Ravens outnumbering Australian Ravens and Eastern Rosellas as well as Crimson Rosella.
We found both White-throated and Western Gerygones and enjoyed their elfin songs. Good views were had of Pallid Cuckoos and again we were treated to their full range of calls. The cuckoos drew in a range of other birds to add to our list. After a quick look from the summit of Burnt Stump Hill (Tree Martins and a Dusky Woodswallow) we circled past some of the farm dams below Old Joe Hill in search of waterbirds and the occasional "little brown job". A disappointment was the sighting of a successful breeding pair of Common Mynas. Good views were had of a pair of White-winged Trillers and a Rufous Whistler. To my surprise we recorded a good total of 42 species for the morning.
Thankyou to the 15 people who attended.
Tom Green