Hi, Everyone.
Sydney birders might be interested in this sighting today by Frank
Hemmings. Scheyville NP is near Windsor in north-western
Sydney.
David Hair
Dave,
If you haven't signed off from Birding-aus for
Chrsitmas, could you possibly please forward this? Ta:
Scheyville NP 23/12/2004, saw two red-chested
Button-quail, just south of Schofiled Rd. Female was just wlking along
the track in pasture and nicely identifiable. Obvious
whitish-greyish and patterned head and neck with whitish eyebrow; rich
orange-buff breast clearly demarcated from head colour. This bird
more closely matched the picture in my old Slater rather than the Pizzey
and Doyle. The female wandered along the track about 20m in front
of me for about 8m or so and disappeared into the grass. As I
turned around I flushed a paler bird from the other side of the track,
presumably a male. I returned to where the female had disappeared
into the grass and flushed her giving good views in flight as she flew
away, also showing buff flanks. I also heard two pheasant coucals
calling, first one then another, in grassland near the same
area.
Stacks of birds here and in the section of the
park near the NPWS office. Had hoped to get Speckled Warbler but
dipped, however I was stoked to get the buttonquail. If anybody
wants any further details of where I saw them call me (0404293536).
Cheers
Frank Hemmings
List of birds seen/heard as follows (in no
particular order):
Red-chested Button-quail
Weebill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Brown Thornbill
White-throated Gerygone (heard)
Mistletoebird
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Superb Fairy-wren
White-browed Scrub-wren
Brown-headed Honeyeater(abundant)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Scarlet Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Red Wattlebird
Noisy Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Bell Miner
Australian Raven
Magpie
Grey Butcherbird
Dusky Woodswallow
Rufous Whistler
Eastern Yellow Robin
Jacky Winter
Grey Shrike-thrush
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Olive-backed Oriole
Peaceful Dove (heard)
Spotted Turtledove (heard)
Common Mynah
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Silvereye
Eastern Whipbird
White-winged Triller
Koel (heard)
Pheasant Coucal (heard)
Red-browed Finch
Double-barred Finch
Nutmeg Mannikin
Crested Shriketit
Shining Bronze-cuckoo (heard)
Eastern Rosella
Ranibow Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella
Galah
Welcome Swallow
Golden-headed Cisticola
Australian Reed Warbler
White-throated Treecreeper
Sacred Kingfisher
Purple Swamphen
Brown Goshawk
Matt
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~mattgage/
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