Lake Road this afternoon

[Erika Roper <>]

I actually went down Lake Rd myself on Tuesday afternoon (27th) and saw quite a bit.

On the way down the road I saw on the big dam numerous PE Ducks and Grey Teal. I also saw 4 Freckled Ducks, 3 Wood Ducks, and one Black-fronted Dotterel. On the way back there was a flock of 16 Double-barred Finches feeding next to the dam (just on the other side of the fence).

Nothing too special along the road - magpies, pigeons, kookaburra, crimson rosellas, superb fairy wrens, yellow-rumped thornbills. There may have been Red-browed Finches, but I can't be sure (may have glimpsed some from the car). I did see two female robins (species unknown, see photo), and also a Black-shouldered Kite and a Nankeen Kestrel.

No Red-kneed Dotterels or Southern Whiteface that I could find.

Follow link to a photo of one of the robins. They were not very obliging, so I apologise for the poor quality. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikamaybe/9618101139/

On 29 August 2013 16:53, Wayne Gregson <> wrote:

Despite the fact that it is nearly spring we had a lacklustre drive along Lake Rd near Bungendore this afternoon.

 

Very few small bush birds and many regulars were AWOL including red Browed and Double Bar Finches and goldfinches.  Heard one Yellow Faced H/e and one red Wattlebird – the only honeyeaters. No robins so they seemed to have moved on.

 

Still a large number of Pink Eared Ducks on the lagoon/swamp plus a lone freckled Duck.  Quite a few Grey Teal

 

A few cattle egrets in a paddock just near the Lake Rd junction with the main road to Sutton.

 

Shovellors and Hard Heads on the Bungendore Sewage Ponds.