Page 8 - Park News – October, 2020 | The Blackburn Creeklands

Grey butcherbird on a grey day – with lunch (thanks Greg)

White-faced Heron fledglings – Laurel Grove North (thanks Ruth)

Other sightings have been ducklings of all three of our local species in the creek, an
occasional Spring visitor, the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike in Blacks Walk (Wendy),
possibly grey headed flying foxes (heard only), further nesting of Spotted Pardalotes,
Currawongs and Tawny Frogmouths.

By now, most of our readers would know that the Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus
strigoides) is our “signature” bird species in the park. It is a very special favourite and
an interesting article, entitled “Hard to spot, but worth looking out for: 8
surprising Tawny Frogmouth facts“, in The Conversation, notes that the species
was the first runner-up in the Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year poll (we
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