Mangroves Field of Mars area

Late Nov/ Early Dec 2010 notes

Quite a few sacred kingfishers – its nesting time for them; lots of red-browed finch nests around;  the two collared sparrowhawks have left the nest and I have seen one near nest on a number of occasions sometimes flying awkwardly around; had a great time watching a family of whipbirds a few metres away from me up Ryde end interacting in the bush, feeding and calling to each other with different calls than the well-known whipbird calls; lots a new wildflowers, lots of new growth everywhere, lots of seedpods around; group of five stormbirds (channel-billed cuckoos) flying around loudly calling; dollar birds; family of six young black ducks and their parents always there; flowering geebungs, fascinating peeling bark and so many spiders-----