1.10.25
Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious
Once again I picked Brian (BP Ireland) at 5.30 and we arrived at our first stop at 6 – the Spotted Quail Thrush track on Mt Nebo.
We quietly walked the track from the main road across to the side road into Bellbird Park itself without any Quail Thrush success, but did have a couple of Channel-billed Cuckoos fly over screaming wildly, as they do.
We walked down the side road to the first gate on the right and spent some time watching the forest floor and listening. Brian wandered off down the slope for a few minutes and I continued to look from the gate area. A few minutes later and Elliot appeared, a birder I had known for several years but hadn’t seen in some time. He waved me down and I joined Brian and Elliot’s client (he was guiding) further down the side road where we all watched a male Spotted Quail Thrush perched up singing. Nice find, thanks Elliot! Brian was rapt with the lifer and the view.
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| Spotted Quail Thrush (Male) |
They pushed off fairly quickly and Brian and I continued to bird the road as we worked our way back to the car. We had a couple of White-naped Honeyeaters (lifer no 2 for Brian), Striated Pardalotes, Leaden Flycatcher, Pale-headed Rosella, Australian Golden Whistler and a single female Scarlet Honeyeater. The light was harsh, it was overcast and difficult to get colour of any sort.
We moved on to Bombana and tried for Striated Thornbill without success – this was a day for targeting specifics – then on through Mt Nebo ‘village’ and 200 meters before the Westridge Outlook found the Bell Miner colony I had heard a couple of weeks previously.
There were about 20 birds calling along the road, but were incredibly difficult to find in the upper canopy. We did eventually – dodging cars, bikes and motorbikes on the road – get identifiable views (lifer no 3 for Brian) of a couple of birds and then moved on again.
Lawton Rd and we parked up and walked in – an attempt here for Red-browed Treecreeper that failed. I added a couple of species to my site list but otherwise it was disappointing.
By this time we needed a coffee so returned to the Café at Mt Glorious and had breakfast on the back verandah accompanied by Green Catbirds, a female Satin Bowerbird, Little Wattlebird and the resident (?) Lewin’s Honeyeater which licked egg off my plate.
Brian needed to be back in reasonable time so we left the café at 10 agreeing to a brief stop again at Bombana.
We got there, walked in 50 meters and had excellent views of Striated Thornbill (lifer #4 for Brian).
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| Striated Thornbill |
It was then that Brian realised he’d lost his glasses.
We searched the area and the walk back to the car, then the car, then drove back to the Café.
No sign of the glasses there and the staff hadn’t found them, so back to Lawton Rd.
We walked slowly the 200 meters or so down and back along the track searching with no result – so back to the café again, again with no success.
Brian wanted to try Lawton Rd again as that was his last memory of having the item, so we drove back there and again walked the 400 meter round trip slowly and patiently.
Heading home we again checked Bombana with no result and I eventually dropped him off at 12.45.
3.10.25
Minnippi
On site at 6, a cool, clear, calm, sunny morning – typical of this time of year. By the time I headed home at 9, it was a hot 22 degrees. There was a mist low along the creek that reminded me of the movie, Apocalypse Now, but it quickly dissipated in the warming morning.
A pretty average morning overall, nothing much to write home about. A couple of Pale-headed Rosellas nesthole-prospecting on the M1 track – the Oriental Dollarbird also put in an appearance.
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| Pale-headed Rosella |
The Magpie Geese all appeared to have vanished – moved on or eaten remains anyone’s guess – while the White-bellied Sea Eagle perched up in the Cormorant Tree appeared to be roosting as it flew off coastal bound a short time later.
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| White-bellied Sea Eagle |
I heard a Pale-vented Bush Hen calling down on the riverbank from the Raptor Lookout and two Rainbow Bee Eaters were again perched up along the Airfield fence, but the Airfield Track was pretty quiet, bird-wise.
Walking back along the fence line a Brush Cuckoo showed well.
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| Brush Cuckoo |
I did have a brief view of a Brown Goshawk soaring overhead above the trees and later further down the still-barricaded-but-no-workers-around-so-I-walked-along–the cement track a Collared Sparrowhawk slashed across in front of me to the instant consternation of a group of Noisy Miners who never saw it coming.
Meadow Argus Junonia villida and Brown Ringlets Hypocysta metirius were out in number along with heaps of Common Grass-blues Zizinia labradus, especially on the Airfield Track. Also had a Monarch Danaus plexippus, a Cabbage White Pieris rapae, a Black Jezebel Delias nigrina and a few other higher flying butterflies I failed to ID.
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| Common Grass-blue Zizinia labradus |
Along the Airfield Track I found a hole apparently dug by a Bandicoot sp – narrow, deep digging – with several reptile eggs in and around the hole. There were 3 or 4 broken, but 6 remained whole. I retrieved the remaining ‘whole’ eggs with the intention of hatching whatever it was inside.
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| 'Reptile' eggs |
I picked up Mr P at 6 and we were on site at 6.10; a coolish, bright, sunny, calm morning, very pleasant and very typical of this time of year. By the time we were leaving at 9.15 it had warmed up considerably, although only 26C at that stage.
A better than average morning in terms of quality – a 54 bird species morning for my list with a cou8ple of nice additions –
Pacific Baza fly by and Black-shouldered Kite perched up completed the raptor list and we had two of each both Buff-banded Rail and Spotless Crake along the edges of the island.
Bird of the morning, however, was an Azure Kingfisher perched up quietly on the end of the island closest to the ‘mainland’. Mr P picked it up and it sat for some time on a couple of perches fishing occasionally. We had got ‘used’ to the idea of it being on site at dawn and, basically, pissing off back to the creek immediately after, so its presence at 7.30 was a very exciting surprise.
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| Azure Kingfisher |
We walked the Airfield Track and, notably, had 2 Red-bellied Black Snakes Pseudechis porphyriacus. One near the start of the track and the second sliding its way towards us as we walked back along the edge of the Airfield itself. Both animals approximately 1.5 meters, so on the smaller side for this species – both, however, in excellent condition and very alert.
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| Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus |
Butterfly-wise, much the same as my last visit – Brown Ringlets Hypocysta metirius, Meadow Argus Junonia villida, Dainty Grass-blues Zizula hylax and Common Grass-blues Zizina otis all in number. We also had a couple of Wide-brand Grass Darts Suniana sunias and 1 Large Purple Line-blue Nacaduba berenice.
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| Large Purple Line-blue Nacaduba berenice |
On the way to breakfast we stopped off briefly at Bowies Flat Wetland and Mr P pointed out the Tawny Frogmouth on nest and a nearby sleeping adult. We also had a Buff-banded Rail and a few other common species around the small waterhole.
7.10.25
Mt Nebo & Mt Glorious
I had had a brainwave the other day – although some would call it a brainfade or a ‘complete lack of thought’ or maybe a ‘moment of madness’, however, I had decided to get up before dawn and try spotlighting at Boombana on Mt Nebo. So I set my alarm for 3.45 and hoped for the best.
As usual I was awake before the alarm and dragged my sorry ass outta bed at 3.40. I was on the road at 3.55 and, after a relatively easy drive given the lack of traffic, arrived on site at 4.30.
It was still dark, of course, although a really big full moon shone brightly through the trees and Eastern Yellow Robins were already banging away in the forest. Dawn was at 5.30 so I headed down the track to the boardwalk area surrounding the huge fig tree.
Cutting to the chase it was, in terms of Owls and Frogmouths, a complete disaster. I heard and saw nothing of the targets, although I did hear a distant Southern Boobook, apart from that it was just regular birds waking up and announcing their presence.
Back at the car I made a cup of coffee and sat in my camp chair drinking that until 6 when I walked the circuit. While I finished my coffee 2 Wonga Pigeons walked casually into the car park. My camera was in the car and they looked a little apprehensive when I got up to retrieve it, but settled down when I sat again. They really are a superbly handsome bird.
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| Wonga Pigeon |
I walked the track but heard more than I saw, adding a couple of expected species to my site list, but seeing nothing very exciting. A gusty wind in the canopy didn't help the job.
7.30 and I headed up to Lawton Rd at Mt Glorious. I walked this steep track for about 400-500 meters but it was generally very quiet, once again, hearing a lot more than I was seeing and still struggling with call identification. The only really bright spot was a Grey Goshawk that glided above and along the road providing a brief view. Close to the top of the track, on the return walk, a Lace Monitor Varanus varius slunk quietly off into the bush without giving me a chance with the camera. I did have a couple of enthusiastic Yellow-throated Scrubwrens out on the track, but as usual, they didn’t sit still for very long and provided challenging photo opportunities.
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| Yellow-throated Scrubwren |
9.00 I decided it was time for a coffee and drove back to the Mt Glorious Café and had a Lund coffee on the back verandah accompanied by the Little Wattlebird in the Banksia, a White-headed Pigeon that landed in the tree nearby and the resident Lewin’s Honeyeater looking for a handout.
9.30 And I walked the Miala/Rainforest Circuit. There were a couple of groups of people but it was pretty quiet humanoid-wise. It wasn’t particularly birdy either but I did have a nice Green Catbird perch up on the track in front of me that I watched for some time until one of the humanoid parties walked onto the scene – not something you see every day.
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| Green Catbird |
Notably the only Fruit Dove calling was a single Wompoo who basically just grumbled away to himself and the only other audible Dove/Pigeon was a single Brown Cuckoo Dove. I didn’t have any Pale Yellow Robins and only 1 or 2 Eastern Yellow. There were 3 Noisy Pittas calling but they all shut up when I called them back. I did, eventually, have a few small birds at a soak below me near the end of the circuit and a Russet-tailed Thrush joined them briefly.
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| Russet-tailed Thrush |
Other than that it was, overall, a quiet morning – some nice birds and some good camera type opportunities but I was surprised at the apparent lack of typical rainforest species I would have expected to be calling and active at this time.
I paid for my quick outbound trip on the return - I had just passed the Cornwall st exit when the traffic came to a dead stop. It took 30 minutes to travel the remaining 2 or 3 ks to my exit thanks to a crash and the accompanying ambulances, police cars, traffic management cars and Fire & Rescue crews.
9.10.25
Oxley
On site at 5.45 – warm, calm, bright, clear; by the time I was leaving at 8.15 it had warmed up considerably, although BOM advised 24C it felt closer to 30.
A fairly average morning, the track was relatively quiet, although I ended up with a 56 specie list, the only bird of any interest a Black-faced Monarch halfway along the track, close to where I saw one a week or so ago.
The ponds were busier than they have been and I climbed the gate expecting there to be less there, however, still added Grey Teal (~15), Australian Grebe (1), Black-fronted Dotterel (2) and European Starling (3) to the list.
Butterflies were still quiet at this time of day with Monarch Danaus plexippus as always, and 1 Meadow Argus Junonia villida, however, close to the gate on the return leg I took some photos of a Grass-dart that I am now pretty confident was a new species for me – Greenish Grass-dart Ocybadistes walkeri – not a rare species, I just haven’t been confident of one before.
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| Greenish Grass-dart Ocybadistes walkeri |
Mr D picked me up at 6, on site 15 minutes later; a slightly cloudy but bright, warm, calm morning. The track was quite busy with walky-talkies, joggers and dogs.
It was a pretty average morning with the highlight being a Long-billed Corella on the ground feeding with a small number of Galahs at the gate as we drove in. Only my third site record.
A couple of Double-barred Finch on the track to the ponds was a bit reassuring, as I haven’t seen any for some time. We didn’t climb the gate so probably missed adding a couple of other species to the 50 birds morning list.
We had breakfast, as usual when in this area, at Arte & Gusto in Graceville.
14.10.25
Minnippi
On site at 6; a dull, overcast morning and, as I walked in, it started to spit rain – more a misty kinda effort than real rain. This persisted for the next hour or so, then brightened into sunny spells.
I heard a Spotless Crake call, voluntarily, from the bridge but it didn’t put in an appearance.
As I stood surveying the lake, a Nankeen Night Heron flew towards and then past me towards the creek – it had appeared to have come from the island and was possibly going to roost along the creek somewhere.
The M1 track was quiet with just a Brush Cuckoo calling somewhere unseen.
There was nothing exciting around the lake but a couple of Welcome Swallows perched up very obligingly.
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| Welcome Swallow |
The Airfield Track didn’t add anything stimulating either and all in all it was an average 49 species morning.
Due most likely to the precipitation and resulting damp atmosphere the butterflies were quiet too, although a goodly number of what appeared to be female Common Grass-blues fluttered around my feet (they were very small but on close examination were very ‘bland’ on the underwing, missing the black dots necessary for Dainty G-blue), 1 Cabbage White showed at the creek, along with several Long-tailed Pea-blues Lampides boeticus.
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| Long-tailed Pea-blue Lampides boeticus |
On site just before 6, a rather dull start, calm and clear, brightening and warming up as the morning progressed. The track was pretty quiet – and very dry – and only a couple of non-combatants ran their way to an early heart attack.
The main pond was quite busy – in contrast to recent visits – and I had my first Latham’s Snipe of the season.
I climbed the gate and the flooded field was dominated by at least two families of Pied Stilts and one of Masked Lapwing with a number of chicks wandering around the muddy edges of the drying out claypan potentially providing targets for the single passing Brown Falcon. A Black-shouldered Kite also hovered nearby and in finch land I had 2 Double-barred Finches along the track and 4 or 5 Chestnut-breasted Mannikins just identifiable on the opposite side of the main pond.
Back along the track and I spent 20 minutes watching 2 yellow/white butterflies flit around, waiting for them to land, hoping for Orange Migrant, until I finally got a few average photos of one that landed for about 5 seconds and they proved to be Yellow Migrants Catopsilia gorgophone. The only other butterflies I saw were the ubiquitous Monarch Danaus plexippus (5) and a handful of Common Grass-blues Zizinia labradus.
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| Yellow Migrant Catopsillia gorgophone |
17.10.25
I picked up Tom from San Diego at 5.45 from his motel in Nathan and we were on site at Sandy Camp just after 6. Three hours birding produced a reasonable list including a few lifers for Tom, nothing out of the blue for me.
We moved on to the Wynnum Mangrove Boardwalk and checked the roosting Nankeen Night Heron that seems to have become a regular. At the very first bend a Torresian Kingfisher was going off, as a pair of male Rufous Whistlers chased each other backwards and forwards. We heard a loud call that I could not identify – till we saw the Grey-crowned Babbler perched up in the relatively low mangrove canopy. A bit of encouragement and the single bird was perched on the boardwalk railing and branches immediately overhead providing excellent photo opportunities. I had long known that this species was in the area, although had never actually seen it here, but was surprised to find it in the mangroves itself.
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| Grey-crowned Babbler |
We moved on and managed to get Torresian Kingfisher, Mangrove Gerygone and a selection of other common species for Tom, including a fly by at the end of the boards of a Brahminy Kite – long time no see for me.
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| Chestnut Teal (male) |
We drove to the visitor center area at the POB, but had no luck with Mangrove Honeyeater.
By this time we were both pretty hungry so headed back towards Mt Gravatt. We made one more stop prior to hitting the ‘mountain’ road – at Burys Flat Wetland where Tom ticked Tawny Frogmouth sitting on its nest and we had a Common Ring-tailed Possum curled up in the open sleeping in a fork of a tree.
Up towards Mt Gravatt Lookout and a quick stop off at the Square-tailed Kite’s nest site to see a single bird in the nest - unsure whether it was a juvenile or an adult, but at least Tom got the lifer.
A long lunch/breakfast to sit out the heat until 14.00 when we headed over to White’s Hill and walked in to the unoccupied Powerful Owl roost – but we did get Variegated Fairy Wren and a Koala for Tom.
We drove out then to Oxley and walked the track to the ponds and back – it was pretty quiet and we didn’t waste a lot of time, but got him, finally, his target of Superb Fairy Wren when a couple of males put on quite a show.
There was a nice showing of ~5, recently emerged, Chequered Swallowtails Papilio demoleus and I also got a site tick with Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi.
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| Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi |
I dropped Tom ‘home’ at 17.45 and wished him well on his on-going journey.
18.10.25
Araucaria Walk, Enoggera Resevoir
Mr P picked me up at 5.45, on site by 6.15. We walked in on a warm, sticky, bright morning along the track with unlimited numbers of walkers, joggers and talkers - this track has become so busy I still wonder why I bother.
There had been several reports of Black-breasted Buttonquails seen at several points along the circuit and we searched in relevant habitat for the bird – without luck. We did find areas of scattered platelets, some old, some recent, a few fresh, but saw no other sign of the birds at all. Reports and photos show the bird as seen from the track – obviously close and apparently feeding within easy range, but we didn’t have any similar luck. Overall we heard more birds than we saw – at least Mr P did – all in all it was a rather frustrating morning for me.
We returned to Stones Corner for our usual long breakfast.
21.10.25
Minnippi
On site at 6, another bright, clear, calm, warm, morning; dawn had been an hour earlier.
It was pretty quiet overall reflected in the 46 species list. Nothing overlay exciting or unexpected.
I walked the usual tracks and a few species MIA were more noticeable than those I did record.
A few butterflies – the usual Monarchs Danaus plexippus and Common Grass-blues Zizina labradus and a half a dozen Long-tailed Pea-blues Lampides boeticus around the bridge and I had a couple of Dainty Grass-blues Zizula hylax and two Caper Whites Belenois java on the Airfield track.
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| Dainty Grass-blue Zizula hylax |
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| Caper White Belenois java |
23.10.25
Oxley
On site at 5.45 to a fresh, bright, clear, calm, very-quiet-to-start-with, morning. The track was the usual – minimal activity – and overall it was not super exciting. Surprisingly I had a Fan-tailed Cuckoo perch up in front of me – I would have expected them all to have headed upland by now. I didn’t hear any calling so maybe it was just passing through.
The main pond on the right was quite busy, but the deeper pond further on was deserted.
I climbed the gate to find the flooded field drying out fairly dramatically, but still hosting a good number of Grey Teal, Australian Wood Duck, Pied Stilts and chicks and 2 Black-fronted Dotterel.
I had ‘the’ Black Falcon perched up on the pylon then flying around ‘beyond the gate’ – still suspect breeding, but unsure of the nest location.
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| Brown Falcon |
On the way back a covey of 5 Brown Quail trotted into the longer grass beside the 2nd culvert.
Butterflies – Monarchs Danaus plexippus, Common Grass-Blues Zizina labradus and 2 Yellow Migrants Catopsilia gorgophone. again – but not in the same place. Given the scarcity of butterflies in general - at this time of day anyway - I figured they may have been the same two I saw the previous week. A 53 bird species morning.
I just felt like going somewhere so arrived on site at 5.45. A grey, cooler, gusty-windy morning - not the best conditions.
I circumnavigated the upper lake and tried to do the same to the lower, but was turned back by an impenetrable mass of vegetation at the eastern end that even I deemed too thick to tackle, and walked back, then down the bike path to the river bank and along as far as the bridge.
Mostly usual species, although fewer Buff-banded Rails that my last visit, I did have a Pale-vented Bush Hen dive into cover along the western edge of the upper lake.
The Australian White and Straw-necked Ibis colony was in full swing with the colony of Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus hanging overhead and I managed to add a few new birds to my list – nothing amazing, just common birds I just hadn’t observed at this site on any of my previous 39 visits.
Down along the river it was pretty quiet, but at the bridge, just as I wondered if they were still there, a male Peregrine Falcon put in his death-on-wings appearance and perched up quietly on a lamp fitting high up under the bridge itself. I had two other raptors – a Brown Goshawk, which was new on my site list, and an immature White-breasted Sea Eagle that must have regretted its flight path as it was thrashed by every Torresian Crow in the area.
Two large European Hares Lepus capensis appeared at the upper end of the upper lake, which was surprising given the minimal cover and, to my mind, space – but they did manage to then completely disappear into a tuft of grass.
I had never recorded any butterflies here previously, so started my site list with Caper White Belenois java and Common Grass-blue Zizina labradus.
A relatively quiet type morning with only 33 bird species recorded, but an easy outing none the less.
I collected Allan, from California, at 6.00 at the international airport as arranged and we headed straight out for Mt Nebo. A high of 38C was predicted for the day – the highest temperature ever recorded in October in SEQ as far as I knew, so we were not expecting a long day. The wind was also predicted to increase during the morning and it did – blowing heavily from the northwest from about 10.00. This made birding difficult on the exposed western slopes, but Miala, the rainforest circuit at Mt Glorious was relatively sheltered. I had specifically chosen the 'mountains' with the temperature in mind and it was a few degrees cooler in the rainforest.
We started at Boombana, Mt Nebo at 7 and tried for some species from the carpark area without a lot of success. Just as we arrived a loud siren sounded and lasted for about 5 minutes. There was no smell or sight of smoke so we assumed it was a test of the system - certainly would have heard it clearly!
Later at exactly midday a second siren sounded at Mt Glorious - with the same result and assumption.
We walked the circuit not seeing a hell of a lot – hearing a number of species, but little actually seen. We had at least 3 Noisy Pittas calling but, once again, none committed to a viewing. Towards the end, in the last 100 meters a fruiting fig tree attracted a heap of birds – mainly Australian Figbirds and at least one Pacific Koel – but it was very difficult to get a clear view of anything through the canopy, unfortunately.
We moved on towards Mt Glorious and stopped off just before the Westridge Outlook where we looked in vain for Bell Miner – we could hear them, but with the gusting wind it was next to impossible to see any.
At Lawton Rd the wind was even worse and we heard just a few species and saw even less. One Australian Golden Whistler male did respond very well to ‘squeaking’ but that was about it.
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| Australian Golden Whistler (Male) |
Mt Glorious café for breakfast on the back verandah with a poor view of the Little Wattlebird in the Banksia and not much else.
We took on the Rainforest Circuit, Miala, although there were a surprising number of people walking the track – surprising, given it was a Monday and very hot by this time, maybe they had the same thoughts I did regarding temperature....
Again, we didn’t see a lot – poor views of Russet-tailed Thrush, brief, but acceptable views of 2 Pale Yellow Robins and a reasonable Black-faced Monarch – along with of course the usual Scrubwrens and Gerygone.
At that stage we decided enough was enough, although it was several degrees cooler on the ‘mountain’ – it was still too bloody hot for anything.
We had a few Pademelons all of which appeared to be Red-legged, although all were also in the rainforest. A few butterflies, although I didn’t spend a lot of time with them – nothing obviously outstanding, although a Striated Pearl White Elodina parthia in the rainforest on the Boombana track might be with noting.
I dropped Allan home to the Marriott at 14.00.
Following the horrific heat of the 38C day on Monday, Tuesday had been a day of only 22C and almost continuous rain – as Mr P commented, and I quote, ‘we’re living in hell’; this Wednesday morning was cloudy, comfortably cool and, of course, damp. It did brighten up after a while as the sun pushed through for short periods.
Observations of note::
A single Tawny Frogmouth in the first Paperbark tree after the bridge.
A Purple-banded Concealer Moth Chrysonoma fascialis on the M1 track
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| Purple-banded Concealer Moth Chrysonoma fascialis |
Comb-crested Jacana on a nest in the lake.
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| Comb-crested Jacana |
2 Common Myna near the Airfield – the first I had recorded on this site since 2022.
A Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor in The Avenue.
There were a number of Caper Whites Belenois java and the usual Common Grass-blues Zizinia labradus, Dainty Grass-blues Zizula hylax, a Common Crow Euploea core and an Evening Brown Melanitis leda. Given the cooler temps and overcast skies the butterflies were sluggish and landed regularly – and were probably not as active overall as they might have been.
The entrance and first third of the M1 track had been slashed to widen the path – destroying the long grass previously used by Evening Browns and various Grass-darts for breeding. I don’t understand why they do this unless it’s an attempt to ‘protect’ walkers from potential snake paranoia.
A decent morning’s birding with 51 species.
On site at 6 – an overcast start, migrating into a very humid, sunny, bright morning. The track was quiet humanoid-wise and showed random damage from the previous Sunday night’s storm that severely affected this area of Brisbane. There was no major damage, but along short stretches of the track recently cut and moved branches and split trees showed where elements of the wind had been at work.
The main ponds were very quiet, almost deserted, but I spotted a dead deer on the far side of the main pond and made the effort to walk in and check it out. It appeared to be a Red Deer Cervus elaphus hind and had, obviously been shot in the lower body, probably inaccurately and left to die, as it was not, in my opinion, a killing shot.
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| Red Deer Cervus elaphus |
Walking in to check the ‘flooded field’ I was followed closely by a young steer who seemed fascinated by my presence and insisted on sniffing me – I had to push him away in the end and he ambled off happily – the usual Australian Grebe, Grey Teal, Black-fronted Dotterel and Pied Stilts were still hanging out on the replenished pond, thanks to the recent rain. A Brown Falcon self flushed from a nearby tree as well.
Overall it was an average type morning, not very birdy, but happy enough with a 49 species list. Butterflies, apart from Monarch Danaus plexippus, included a couple of Caper Whites Belenois java and 2 Cabbage Whites Pieris rapae, 2 or 3 Chequered Swallowtails Papilio demoleus, a host of Common Grass-blues Zizina labradus and a single Large Grass-yellow Eurema hecabe.
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| Large Grass-yellow Eurema hecabe |
At the end of the track a single Orb-weaver showed that I believe was a Garden Orb Weaver Eriophora transmarina.
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| Garden Orb Weaver Eriophora transmarina |
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