The Newline woodlands were relatively quiet this spring survey, although it was a cool and overcase morning. 41 species were recorded, and like Mulligan's Flat not all the spring migrants were back. Highlights were a Jacky Winter calling from the tree tops, Crested Shrike-tits and Dusky Woodswallows in the front paddock and a pair of Double-barred finches; the usual Brown Treecreepers were nowhere to be found and not calling either on my in or out of the area. Most of the other sites were relatively quiet, but the last site near the quarry had a pair of Nankeen Kestrels, Buff-rumped Thornbills and a White-throated Gerygone, and there were a few Little Corellas around the woodlands.
Jenny Bounds