23 members and guests gathered on Mackenzie St for a walk on the SW slopes of Mount Majura. Our target species was Glossy Black-cockatoo. We didn't manage to find any of these birds, and judging by the number of cones still on the she-oaks (and the unchewed nature of those on the ground) they haven't been in the areas we visited any time recently. The lower slopes were very quiet as we set off, but a clearing above the second dam had a good number of the usually suspected species (including all the local thornbill species) in a loose mixed feeding flock.
At the high point we were intrigued by some very strange calls which none of us could immediately identify. After some minutes pursuing the calls we concluded we had heard a raptor call, closely followed by a 'panic-call' from a honeyeater, but without visual evidence could not be more specific. White-plumed, Yellow-faced and White-eared Honeyeaters were all in the vicinity. In total we recorded 30 species.
— Martin Butterfield