Got out and enjoyed the glorious autumn weather into the Blue Mountains near
Sydney on Sunday 13 April. The prime purpose of the trip was an orchid hunt
but birds were seen as well, so here are some (incomplete) lists:
Shipley Plateau - Grey Currawong - a rather light one and a nice specimen
indeed
Martins Lookout - White-eared Honeyeater (chomp-chomp call), about 30
Silvereyes moving through, Yellow-faced Honeyeater zapping around at 100 miles
an hour (they'd migrate a long distance at that rate!!), Cryptostylis Erecta
leaves.
Rhododendron (Baccante) Gardens, Blackheath - Striated Thornbill, Yellow-faced
Honeyeaters, Red Wattlebird, an amusing Pied Currawong devouring a hairy
caterpillar, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos, Eastern Spinebill. Chiloglottis
Reflexa in flower, Pterostylis Longifolia and Parviflora, and another Ptero
(greenhood) with flower buds and looking different - will be interesting to go
back and check in a few weeks-perhaps P. Revoluta).
Coachwood Glen rainforest walk (Megalong Valley) - Lyrebird, White-browed
Scrubwren - no Yellow-throated Scrubwren even though this has been a good spot
for them before. Plectorrhiza Tridentata, Pterostylis hispidula growing both
in the ground and on the trunk of a tree fern!! Corybas leaves with the
flowers just starting to form.
Cheers
Irene Denton
Sydney NSW
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