Report of local field naturalists outing at Baranduda on March 1 2008
Birds of Baranduda outing 1st March 2008
Led by Bernie Datson, with Glenda Datson pointing out the vegetation of interest, this was a very pleasant morning which nine members spent with in the old school block and what is known to Baranduda locals as the Stringybark block, both of which contain good remnants of Grassy Dry Forest. As they say, the early bird catches the worm, and with this 8am start we did indeed have a fantastic sighting. A pair of Rufous Fantails enthralled us all with their fossicking and tail fanning in a patch of revegetation behind the Baranduda store. This is a new sighting for Baranduda! And as if on cue, just as we thought there was not much around, many other birds ‘rocked’ up to check us out as we also checked them out. Bird Species seen were:
| Rufous Fantail (pair) | Plants noted:
Kangaroo grass |
| Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike | Wallaby grass |
| Eastern Shrike-tit | Black-anthered Flax Lily |
| Scissors Grinder | Climbing Appleberry |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | Red-leg grass |
| Red Wattle Bird | Common Wheat-grass |
| Silver-eye | Yellow Rush-lily |
| Striated Thornbill | Kerosene grass |
| Little Thornbill | Stinking Pennywort |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Raspwort |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Red Stringybark |
| White-throated Gerygone | Broad-leaved Peppermint |
| Buff-rumped Thornbill? | Red Box |
| Mistletoe Bird | White Box |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | Juniper Wattle |
| Yellow Robin | Introduced species noted |
| Olive-backed Oriole (pair) | Lemon-scented gum |
| Australian Magpie | Long-leaved Box |
| Magpie-lark | Sugar Gum |
| Australian Raven | Radiata Pine |
| Pied Currawong | Cootamundra wattle |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Argyle Apple |
| Orange-winged Sittella | Red Ironbark |
| Kookaburra | |
| Superb Blue Wren | |
| Galah | |
| Straw-necked Ibis |
Note the planted natives are providing good resources and connectivity for not only birds but the threatened Tuan/Brush-tailed Phascogale and Squirrel Glider