Kingfisher at Yorke's Hollow!
Visted as usual around 7.00 this morning for my normal 15 minute saunter and surprise,surprise! A SACRED KINGFISHER at the western end. It flew around nervously from tree to tree as if unfamiliar and a little disturbed until finally heading into the cover of the larger trees along the bike path. Thisis the first Kingfisher I have seen here and would not have been in my top 10 possible species list! Although with the golf course right beside the pond,I guess it'snot a big stretch. PURPLE SWAMPIES with 2 well developed chicks today - I must have missed one last time. Usual other species - WELCOME SWALLOW,TREE MARTIN, BLACK and WOOD DUCKS, DUSKY MOORHENS, NOISY MINERS, RAINBOW LORIKEETS overhead, CRESTED PIGEONS, WILLIE WAGTAIL and MAGPIE LARKS.
