Green Cape 2022
Watercolour by Kathy Walter Canberra Ornithologists Group Visit to Green Cape, NSW, 18-22 October 2022 Sunrise at Green Cape point Field Trip Report by Sandra Henderson (from Gang-gang newsletter, December 2022) With commercial activities threatening future visits by group such as COG, this year’s visit to Green Cape was a memorable one. As usual, we made the effort to rise before sunrise each morning and make our way to the Cape lookout to observe seabirds. On the first morning, some were able to spot both Shining Bronze-Cuckoo and Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo between the cottages and the lookout. A small but steady stream of Short-tailed Shearwaters were well out to sea, with just a few Wedge-tailed Shearwaters passing by. On the second morning the birds were much closer, and it was estimated we could see about 5000 birds, mainly Short-tailed Shearwaters, with many sitting on the water just off the point. This was a sight most of us had never seen before – truly breathtaking! Flutt...