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Resource kits are available via info wollicreek. Curriculum notes - outlining activities that meet Dept Ed outcomes through studying a theme of Birds of the Wolli Valley Where is Wolli?

Wolli walkers map - to help plan a class excursion 3. Two Valley Trail Map Aerial photos 4. Black and white birds tally sheet School birds tally sheet Beaks activity sheet Creative Arts Masks and puppets Teachers notes Mask Making Instructions - Simple bird masks Complex bird masks A3 template sheet Bird and Words I got breakfast here with my partner lots when it first opened and I would get the beetroot hummus and avocado toast the only breakfast item that was vegan but that item has changed to have eggs on it and costs a lot more now.

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Looks like your browser doesn't support JavaScript. HappyCow may not work without JavaScript enabled. Search HappyCow. Login to Your Account Username or Email. Remember me on this device. Reset Password. Login with Facebook. It features laminated A3 coloured posters with teachers notes on the reverse.

The posters have accompanying worksheets for students. The resource also contains a Powerpoint presentation on urban birds and the birds of the Wolli Valley. The Bird's Nest is not designed for use online. The following is a preview of the contents to help you plan your study of Wolli birds. Read through the table of contents below much of which links to image previews or scroll down to see the thumbnails at the end.

Resource kits are available via info wollicreek. Curriculum notes - outlining activities that meet Dept Ed outcomes through studying a theme of Birds of the Wolli Valley Where is Wolli?

Wolli walkers map - to help plan a class excursion 3. Two Valley Trail Map Aerial photos 4. Black and white birds tally sheet School birds tally sheet Beaks activity sheet Creative Arts Masks and puppets Teachers notes Mask Making Instructions - Simple bird masks Complex bird masks A3 template sheet Bird and Words Birds and Words activity sheet Have you seen a Corella in Turrella?

References Bird weblinks Aboriginal bird stories Birds and Aboriginal people The urban fox - flyer Backyard Birds of NSW - colour poster Click on each image to enlarge. To borrow this resource, contact info wollicreek. Posted by Wolli Birds at PM. Saturday, July 26, Owls in Wolli. A night fauna survey was conducted by DECC in Owls calls were played out into the Valley but no replies were heard. Since this, however, a number of species have been observed in the Valley.

The Tawny Frogmouths not technically an owl were the first. On 11 April a school group paused near Wave Rock and discovered a Southern Boobook right in front of them! After excited whisperings, pointings and a few discreet photos the group moved away to discuss the importance of the find. It was thought this species might turn up. A camp of Grey-headed flying-foxes had arrived in Wolli and been growing in numbers since June The Powerful Owl is one of the bats' few natural predators.

On the evening of 5 August , Gavin Gatenby spotted what he thought was a male Variegated Fairy Wren and his troop in thick scrub near the escarpments on the Girrahween track. He reports "Luckily I had my camera with me and, braving the low-light conditions, I took a quick shot, resulting in a lousy image, but good enough to confirm the first ever sighting of the species in the Wolli Valley".

A chance conversation in Turrella Reserve, with photographer Alexander Choi, unearthed photos he'd taken of this species and excitement reached an all time high when Voren O'Brien discovered two adult males, a female and a nest of young Variegated Fairy Wrens on her nature rounds before the WCPS Committee Xmas dinner in Photos were quickly developed and circulated at the restaurant! These are not the sort of birds that can suddenly migrate into the area from many kilometers away, so we can only conclude that a small remnant population has been present, all along, in the nearby Bardwell Valley, from which they have now recolonised Wolli.

Here the female carries food to her young. The nestlings are concealed in a domed, grass nest with a side entrance very close to the ground. A sad postscript to this story is the discovery, the very next day, that the nest was empty apart from some large black ants.

It's impossible to say what predator is to blame. Snakes are major nest predators of Fairy Wrens and large birds such as Currawongs will take eggs or nestlings of smaller birds. And perhaps it is no coincidence that only two weeks earlier a fox was spotted mere meters from this very nest.

But the species seems to be fairly resilient. A family group has been spotted on the Girrahween Track near Cormorants Corner and while the female will not reuse her original nest it is hoped that she will build elsewhere and attempt a second brood.

Records of bird species seen in the valley since are available in Birds of Wolli Valley , published by the Preservation Society last year. They show a single sighting of a frogmouth between and and none since. The book is based on the research, personal observations, and meticulous records of the legendary Wolli birdo, Neil Rankin, between and his death in Tawny frogmouths are relatively common in bushland around Sydney but have probably only recolonised the Wolli Valley very recently.

The birds are active at night, hunting small animals such as mice, frogs and insects. By day they roost on branches close to a tree trunk where their bark-coloured plumage makes them almost invisible to an untrained observer. Photos by Jon O'Brien. Posted by Wolli Birds at AM. With the help of fellow member, Judy Finlason, who lives nearby, a light towel was thrown over the bird, which was then lifted carefully into a box.

Quick reference to a bird identification guide suggested that it was a native Fruit-Dove. The two Peters were able to take a few photos of the bird to aid identification before the bird was collected by local WIRES carer, Chris Lloyd, a bird specialist.

The bird has a badly injured and bloodied wing, with many feathers missing and, even with antibiotics and intensive attention, it will be several months before it can be released, provided its wing recovers sufficiently. Experienced ornithologists have agreed that this a first-year male Purple-crowned Superb Fruit-dove, never before reported in the Wolli Valley.

Alan Leishman of the Society advises that the bird has only been recorded in the Sydney region about 20 times since and only once before that in ! These Fruit-doves possibly occur more often than the records indicate, as they are difficult birds to see while quietly feeding among the outer foliage of berry-bearing trees, often high up. Chris Lloyd reports that, based on its behaviour, his young patient is unlikely to have been an aviary bird, but may be young enough to have still been partially dependent on its parents.

The continuing story Of 17 known occurrences [up to ] at least eight birds were killed flying into windows. Possibly occurs more often than the records indicate as it is a difficult bird to see while quietly feeding among the outer foliage of berry-bearing trees".

Two birds were recovered dead in , one in Sydney and one in Wollongong. This bird would be considered to be an uncommon bird in the Sydney region and the current specimen probably on migration. They may not be as uncommon as thought. Fruit-dove hit a window at Twyford Avenue, Earlwood and died. Young male starting to moult. Bird update: The dove is fine to date and has been moved out of intensive care into a small hospital aviary. It has completed its antibiotic course but still requires two crop feeds a day.

The latter indicates that it was likely to be still dependant on adults for crop milk. While it does not like human contact and has little understanding of cage wire it does seem to accept crop feeding - this may indicate captive breeding though I still doubt this. The next step for the bird is feather regrowth - it has no retricies and is missing most of the left primaries and secondaries.