Mad March...splosh!

What happened in March...oh! oh! it rained. It rained a lot actually, making up a bit for the arid January and February. Now that meant limited birding, but my chooks are now heading rapidly towards point of lay and, for the most, sale.

A nice plump Black Faverolle

Completely out of season Trixie hatches a wee chick.

Young Eastern Water Dragon just cruisin'

Comfy in its flower pot.

One of my 'Fancy Layers' a Silver Sussex/Salmon Faverolle cross breed

A plump and healthy Salmon Faverolle

I'm sure this one's wearing a false beard!

Proud mum Trixie and her bub.

Regulars (Seen daily)

Australian MagpieBar-shouldered DoveBrown HoneyeaterCommon Bronzewing
Double-barred FinchGalah
Laughing Kookaburra
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy MinerPacific Black Duck
Peaceful Dove
Plumed Whistling Duck
Rainbow Lorikeet
Striated Pardalote
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Torresian Crow
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Honeyeater

Common (Seen Weekly)

Grey Butcherbird
Little Corella
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Currawaong
Rainbow BeeEater
Spangled Drongo
Welcome Swallow
Willie Wagtail
Yellow-faced Honeyeater


Uncommon (Seen occasionally)

Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Grey Shrike Thrush
King Parrot
Leaden Flycatcher
Magpie Lark
Olive-backed Oriole
Pale-headed Rosella
Yellow-talied Black Cockatoo

Rare (Seen once)

Blue-faced Honeyeater
Brown Quail
Cicadabird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Figbird
Forest Kingfisher
Golden Whistler
Masked Plover
Pheasant Coucal
Rufous Fantail
Straw-necked Ibis
Tawny Frogmouth
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike
White-throated Treecreeper

51-species, which is about all for now. 

And for the Non-Aussie's here's a piccie of one of the burnt lands amazing fauna courtesy of the ABC...

A Northern Quoll equipped with location transmitter attached, ready for release.

See you next month.