Despite concerns about the weather, the morning was very pleasant for a walk along the banks of the Molonglo. Nearly all the requested birds turned out for us: Flame Robins (10) Red-capped Robins (two; one of each sex), and Diamond Firetails (6). No Chats nor Double-barred Finches. Of the other birds three species of raptor (Wedge-tails, Brown Falcon and Nankeen Kestrel) were welcomed by the birders but given a hard time by other species (Ravens and a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo attacked the Wedge-tail; Magpies, the Falcon and Welcome Swallows the Kestrel). We totalled 30 species for the morning.
Martin Butterfield