08 March 2025 - Northern Farm
I spent a few hours at the Farm arriving at 6am and leaving once it got to busy with the Mountain Bikers.
An early start is really enjoyable as the Farm slowly comes to life. My mission this morning was to check if Amur's were gathering on the power lines before their imminent departure. It was hard work and I only managed to find only one male, unlike last year when I had pretty decent flocks of Amur along with two Red-footed amongst them
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| Male Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) |
The rest of the morning I spent in an around the quarry as this area had the least traffic. The Wild Dagga was in it's glory and enjoyed by many species, one of them a Levaillant's Cisticola
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| Levaillant's Cisticola (Cisticola tinniens) |
A Glossy Ibis came in overhead to land and forage in one of the fields
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| Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) |
Yellow-billed Duck did a number of fly by's
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| Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata) |
It was great to see White-winged Widowbird - a species not too often seen at the Farm
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| White-winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) |
On the way back to my car before leaving, a Cattle Egret in the early morning light which always has a special place in my heart
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| Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) |
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