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G'day All,
I am the landcarer of Hideaway paddock,29000ha of
mallee,part of Calperum Station....on the Eastern boundary of Gluepot
Reserve,and I have just returned from three days out there..doing some
atlassing etc.
I was privilaged to be alone at End Tank and
witness c150 Mallee Ringnecks and c30 Mulga Parrots coming in to drink on both
Thursday and Friday mornings. A Collared Sparrowhawk was flying about on
Thursday morning and on my return to camp later in the afternoon it was evident
that it had a meal of Ringneck,I didn't see it Friday morning.
The closest water to the west is at Gluepot
homestead...28Km and about the same distance north and south to find water,there
is water 6Km east, so it is the only water available for a long way and we have
had a record hot summer. I did 17 atlas surveys within a 12km radius of
the tank and only recorded the above birds at two sites. I saw one Malleefowl
and fresh M/F tracks at another site, Striated Grasswren at one site and heard
twice, while driving between sites, Southern Scrub-robin at two, Gilberts
Whistler at three sites. I saw fresh Echidna tracks at three sites.
Other birds seen
Red Wattlebird
Spiney-cheeked Honey-eater
Striped Honey-eater
White-eared Honey-eater
Yellow-plumed Honey-eater
Brown-headed Honey-eater
Crested Bellbird
Grey Shrike-thrush
Variegated fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Weebill
Hooded Robin
Rainbow Bee-eater
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
White-browed Babbler
Chestnut Quail-thrush
Aust. Magpie
Aust. Raven
Grey Butcherbird
Varied Sittella
White-winged Chough
Common Bronzewing
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Cheers Doug
PO Box
768
Berri SA 5343
ph(08)8583 6032
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