17/07/24 Bird & Frog survey: Yellingbo

Notes from: a Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater hosted citizen science event.
Our dry winter came to an end this week with flooding creeks, gushing drainage lines and landslips in our region. Woori Yallock Creek's banks had overflowed, but were now just lapping at the top of the bank. We managed to avoid any showers and the weather was mild as 9 of us gathered for our survey. It was 10.8 deg C with no wind, a nice reprieve from recent icy cold days, and wet & windy weather. We recorded 37 bird species during this Deep winter* survey in Yellingbo Nature Conservation Area, including today's highlight, Wedge-tailed Eagles (who doesn't love them?!), a group of 4 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes (unusually for us to record this sized group), New Holland Honeyeaters and Jacky Winters. In 2024 to date, we've recorded 81 bird species in YNCA, from the 113 species we've recorded from 2020-24.
My thanks to again to Bruce for leading the survey, to Karyn for taking the species notes, and the whole team of regular and new participants.
The blue(ish) skies and still weather meant sitting inside for lunch wasn't an option for this hardy lot! What a fantastic way to spend a few hours with a fabulous group of people!
*1 of 6 seasons in the Middle Yarra Timelines Calendar of the Wurundjeri.

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