On Thursday, July 24, Pinkerton Landcare and Environment Group returned to Pinkerton Forest to spray Galenia (Carpet Weed) that has regrown after recent rains.
We concentrated on the northern end of the Forest.
We successfully eradicated the Galenia last summer, but sadly, they keep returning, requiring constant vigilance!
[Weeds], like death and taxes, are always with us!
It was a beautiful sunny morning, contrasting dramatically with the icy conditions of previous weeks.
There was a record number of about thirty kangaroos to greet us.
There were about a dozen kangaroos lounging under the trees in Pinkerton Link, another sixteen or so in Upper Pinkerton and about half a dozen in Pinkerton Forest.
Difficult to count when they don’t stand still!
The birdlife seemed to appreciate the sunny conditions also as we were accompanied by mixed flocks of small birds feeding on the ground.
The Flame Robins are still here as we enjoyed the sight of a brightly coloured male robin, accompanied by about half a dozen grey females.
Accompanying these were about twenty or so Red-browed Finches, a dozen or so Yellow-rumped Thornbill with about half a dozen Zebra Finches.
Cockatoos, Corellas and Galas were all busily inspecting nest hollows, while Wood ducks continued to call loudly from the trees.
Spring is definitely on the way!
A large falcon swooped through the canopy of one of the original trees we planted in Pinkerton Link nearly fifteen years ago, to emerge with what appeared to be a small bird in its talons.
It landed in a tall Grey Box tree in Pinkerton Forest.
After several minutes it flew from the tree, directly over our heads, having presumably eaten its prey.
But what we originally assumed to have been one of our resident Peregrine Falcons was actually a very much rarer Black Falcon!
Our last sighting of a Black Falcon here was February 2023.
Another new bird species for Pinkerton Link!
24 bird species seen were:
Whistling Kite
Black Falcon
Straw-necked Ibis
Wood Duck
Long-billed Corella
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Red-rumped Parrot
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Eastern Rosella
Little Raven
Magpie
Willy Wagtail
Red-browed Finch
Zebra Finch
Tree Martin
Welcome Swallow
Indian Mynah
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Starling
White-plumed Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Striated Pardalote
Flame Robin
