Halswell but not at the Quarry - Thu 27 June

We had a session this morning in Jan's Garden on Kennedys Bush Rd. Although not actually in the Halswell Quarry which is our usual site it borders on the upper rim of the Quarry. We had a very busy morning catching 77 birds which is a record number for a  morning in Christchurch.

All were new and with only 4 species there wasn't much variety. The bulk of the catch was made up with 61 Silvereyes, which is also a record catch. The others were 12 House Sparrows, 3 Blackbirds and a Dunnock. There was actually a good range of other species but with Silvereyes being constantly extracted they stayed away from the nets. I had also hoped to get some recaps from the Quarry as Jan has seen a number of banded birds at her feeders but it wasn't to be.

Today's team, Eleanor, Andrew ( in the assistant Directors chair) Jan in the directors chair, Kenny and our scribe Sandra.