16/11/22 Bird & Frog survey: Yellingbo
Notes from: a Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater hosted citizen science event.
For a fauna survey, we spent a lot of time looking at and recording the flora! The day was mostly overcast, but the sun was fabulous when it came out, and the company of 9 people who love being in the bush wasn't bad either :)
The ground was sodden, even on much of the dry slope we walked, with flooding events continuing. Despite that, we recorded 33 species of birds including 6 Rufous Whistlers with 2 that looked like they were pairing, a Wedge-tailed Eagle, Brown Goshawk, Sacred Kingfisher and a solitary Silvereye. A few species of orchids caught our eye, as did the Dwarf Boronia - a significant species in our region, and hard to see when not in flower. We found a number of plants that we'll go back and protect.
