Whilst the world was happily steaming off towards Armageddon with Australia and New Zealand sealing their borders and the great western giants, the USA and the UK seeming in utter confusion as to what to do we carried on as usual. Well, not quite, as I had to wear a mask on the now empty train to the deserted city of Brisbane for work and Susanne withdrew from her Friday coffee mornings, but the Holt seemed to ignore it all as wildlife often does.
A high-point of the month was being able to catch a pair of Glossy Black Cockatoos. These endangered birds are increasingly rare. Habitat loss and their only food, Casuarina cones, probably has much to do with their rarity.
Meanwhile, back on the dam it's Pacific Black Duck racing season....
And on the roof a medium sized Carpet Python appears to be searching for lunch!
Regular (Seen daily)
Australian Magpie
Bar-shouldered Dove
Brown Honeyeater
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Bush Turkey
Cicadabird
Common Bronzewing
Forest Kingfisher
Galah
King Parrot
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Corella
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Olive-backed Oriole
Pacific Black Duck
Peaceful Dove
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Plumed Whistling Duck
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scarlet Honeyeater
Striated Pardalote
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Torresian Crow
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow Thornbill
Common (Seen Weekly)
Common Mynah
Eastern Yellow Robin
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrike-Thrush
Spangled Drongo
Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Willie Wagtail
Uncommon (Seen occasionally)
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Brown Thornbill
Crested Pigeon
Dollarbird
Eastern Boobook
Figbird
Leaden Flycatcher
Little Friarbird
Magpie Lark
Masked Plover
Pale-headed Rosella
Pheasant Coucal
Rainbow Bee Eater
Rose Robin
Rufous Whistler
White-throated Treecreeper
Rare (Seen once)
Australian Ibis
Collared Sparrowhawk
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Wattlebird
Grey Fantail
Rufous Fantail
Straw-necked Ibis
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
