Australia's Wonderful Birds

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This week's visitors

Numbers of species and the total number of birds are slowly increasing in the aftermath of the Currowan bushfire at the seven South Coast NSW sites I regularly survey. The sites are two hectares in area and I record standard 20 minute surveys into the Birdata survey app that is managed by Birdlife Australia.

Superb Fairy-wrens were scarce after the bushfires but are now making a slow return.

The Yellow-faced Honeyeater is the predominant honeyeater at the moment, enjoying the absence of larger Wattlebirds who have yet to find good food sources in this area.

A solitary Australian Raven paints a stark picture against the burnt bush.