Dairy Farm 14Oct09

From GC

Went to check out the new Dairy Farm area this morning.

Wallace Education Centre side:
1. Blue-throated Bee-eaters - 2
2. Siberian Blue Robin - 1 female
others are common residents such as AG Starling, YV Bulbul, WV Myna, GRT Drongo.

Quarry Pond side:
1. Little Grebe - a total of 8 birds! closest they came to the platform was 40m, not very good for pictures.
2. Changeable Hawk Eagle - 2 soaring very high up and calling. The same birds flew to the quarry's far end to an unseen perch and called persistently for about 1 hr!
3. Common Sandpiper - 1
4. Common Kingfisher - 1
other common residents - BN Oriole, YV Bulbul, Spotted Dove, AG Starling, OW Bulbul, GRT Drongo, WT Kingfisher, Pac Swallow, WB Sea Eagle.