Hard Work Rewarded with a Fantastic Bird Show at Fogg Dam
We had a great morning at Breakfast with the Birds at Fogg Dam on Sunday 29 October. We did 7 surveys for the Aussie Backyard Bird Count in different habitats and recorded 41 different species.
Thank-you to our sponsors Litchfield Council and Tim from Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife.
This was a great way to bring the community together........and the presence of some international guests, showed the significance of the site.
Congratulations to Friends of Fogg Dam for all their hard work in maintaining and restoring the habitats in this reserve.
Species sighted were:
Arafura Fantail
Australasian Darter
Australian Grebe
Black Kite
Black-necked Stork
Blue Faced Honey Eater
Brolga
Comb-crested Jacana
Crimson Finch
Figbird
Great Egret
Green Pygmy-goose
Intermediate Egret
Leaden Flycatcher
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Little Corella
Little Egret
Little Pied Cormorant
Magpie Goose
Magpie Lark
Masked Lapwing
Mistletoe Bird
Nankeen Night-heron
Northern Fantail
Pied Heron
Radjah Shelduck
Rainbow Bee-Eater
Rainbow Pitta
Restless Flycatcher
Rose-crowned fruit dove
Rufous Whistler
Rufous-Banded Honey Eater
Straw necked Ibis
Shining Flycatcher
Wandering Whistling Duck
Western Gerygone (this may be a mistaken ID, as is outside the range of this species)
Whiskered Tern
Whistling Kite
Willie Wagtail
Yellow Oriole
Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher
Everyone agreed that it should be an event that is done more often. It is so important to take time out to observe the outcomes from a group of like minded people banding together to improve the local environment for the benefit of the whole community.
Thank you to Jan Martin from FOFD for the wonderful image.