18/01/24 Bird & Frog survey: Yellingbo
Notes from: a Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater hosted citizen science event.
As we set off on our first 2024 Bird & Frog survey, it was just 14.9 deg C at 8am with a wind speed averaging 2 km p/h. We were lucky today, the high winds came after we'd left at 1pm. What crazy summer weather we're having though - 20mm rain yesterday on top of previous heavy rain in January, and the tell-tale flattened grass all along Woori Yallock Creek indicating the bursting of its banks over the past weeks.
To the glorious, constant chorus of Pobblebonks, Striped Marsh Frogs and Laughing Kookaburras, our walk was rewarded with seeing and hearing some fabulous things in this special part of the world. Amongst the highlights were a pair of Gang-gang Cockatoos going into what we think is a nest hollow, two Wedge-tailed Eagles soaring over head with a 3rd calling nearby, a pair of Australasian Grebe's with 2 young, two species of Kingfisher (Azure & Sacred), Satin Bowerbird, Satin Flycatcher, the delicate Angled Lobelia covering the ground, Robert's apple slice 😋 and a Blue Ant which isn't an ant at all (it's a species of Flower Wasp)!
Can you beat taking time out and paying attention to the natural world?
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