Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Lichenostomus melanops, a rare visitor spotted recently in Mt Majura’s remote area (photo Canberra Nature Map).
This Fuscous Honeyeater, Ptilotula fusca was caught feeding on Hardenbergia (photo Canberra Nature Map)
Join bird enthusiast Peter Miller for a morning stroll to spot, observe, listen to, and learn about the amazing variety of birds living on and visiting Mt Majura.
We plan to walk on rough foot tracks, and off track on uneven ground.
Some rare and uncommon feathery visitors have been spotted recently. With some luck, we may glimpse them in the more remote areas of Mt Majura away from the urban edge and Noisy Miners.
Mixed species flocks of insectivorous birds, so typical for winter, may still be seen among the trees and shrubs foraging for insects.
When: Sunday 22nd September, 8am (sharp) – 10 am
Where: Meet at nature reserve entrance Tay St / Ian Nicol St, at The Fair, North Watson (volunteer registration point on this map)
Enquiries: secretary@majura.org
Bring Sun protection and a Gold Coin donation for a bird list; wear appropriate clothing for the weather.
Recommended: Binoculars, a bird guide or bird id app if you have them.
Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris visiting flowering Hardenbergia (photo Canberra Nature Map)
Striated Pardalote, Pardalotus striatus (Canberra Nature Map)
With over two hundred recorded species, Canberra and the surrounding region has the richest bird life of any Australian capital city.
Roughly half of the Canberra bird species have been recorded on Mt Majura: Bird List (2024 revision). Some of the birds species are listed under the Nature Conservation Act 2014 (ACT), as Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered (information on listed species under the Act).
Find out more about our feathered friends on the website of the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) which has information on the distribution, seasonal occurrence and breeding of birds, as well as brilliant photographs taken by COG members and even records of calls of some of the bird species.
