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BIRDS RECORDED ON RED HILL

The winter 2011 Canberra Ornithologists Group Red Hill Woodland survey was done over two mornings - the southern sites (6-9) in cool but clear and calm conditions on Saturday morning, 25 June 2011, and the northern sites the following morning in cold and frosty conditions. Overall diversity and numbers were marginally higher than average, with 31 species recorded for the whole site (mean over 13 winter surveys of 29.5). Species variety was also typical for winter but no mixed feeding flocks were observed and numbers of small birds generally were low.

The most unexpected sighting was a pair of vocal Rainbow Lorikeets that shot through site 9, seemingly on their way from Garran to Forrest. This is the first time the species has been recorded during the Red Hill surveys, and interestingly coincides with a report of a pair of Rainbow Lorikeets in Garran on June 27 2011. Other species to spark a little more interest were a Nankeen Kestrel, a halfway intermediate Crimson/Eastern Rosella hybrid ("paired" with a full Crimson Rosella as seems the norm on Red Hill) and a single White-plumed Honeyeater.

The following birds were recorded on Red Hill by members of the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG), between 2007 and 2010

Australian King-Parrot
Australian Magpie
Australian Raven
Australian Reed-Warbler
Australian Wood Duck
Black Swan
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Collared Sparrowhawk
Common Blackbird
Common Bronzewing
Common Myna
Common Starling
Crested Pigeon
Crimson Rosella
Dollarbird
Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Woodswallow
Eastern Rosella
Eastern Spinebill
Eurasian Coot
European Goldfinch
Flame Robin
Fuscous Honeyeater
Galah
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Golden Whistler
Great Cormorant
Grey Butcherbird
Grey Fantail
Grey Shrike-thrush
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
House Sparrow
Laughing Kookaburra
Leaden Flycatcher
Little Black Cormorant
Little Corella
Little Eagle
Little Pied Cormorant
Long-billed Corella
Magpie-lark
Masked Lapwing
Nankeen Kestrel
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Olive-backed Oriole
Pacific Black Duck
Pied Currawong
Purple Swamphen
Red Wattlebird
Red-browed Finch
Red-rumped Parrot
Rock Dove
Rufous Whistler
Sacred Kingfisher
Satin Bowerbird
Scarlet Robin
Silver Gull
Silvereye
Southern Whiteface
Speckled Warbler
Spotted Pardalote
Straw-necked Ibis
Striated Pardalote
Striated Thornbill
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fairy-wren
Varied Sittella
Weebill
Welcome Swallow
White-browed Scrubwren
White-browed Woodswallow
White-eared Honeyeater
White-faced Heron
White-naped Honeyeater
White-throated Gerygone
White-throated Treecreeper
White-winged Chough
Willie Wagtail
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo