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Subject: FW: [BIRDING-AUS] Sightings from Vic and southern NSW, including Ground Cuckooshrikes (NSW)
From: "Edwin Vella" <>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:41:34 +1100

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Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 11:33 AM
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Subject: Sightings from Vic and southern NSW, including
Ground Cuckooshrikes (NSW)

Hi,

Myself and Nathan Waugh just completed a few days birding through
southeast 
Vic and have a few sightings for Birdline Vic, as follows:

VICTORIA

Wed 14 December - Birding in the Mallacoota area
Birding yielded the usual array of southeastern rainforest species
including 
Black-faced Monarch and Red-browed Treecreeper at Double Creek and 
White-throated Nightjar during spotlighting on the road to Shipwreck
Creek, 
adjacent to the airport and Calamanthus at the airfield.

Thu 15 December - Cape Conran (Yeerung River Track)
Flushed four Ground Parrots including at least two juveniles from
heathland 
to the east and immediately at the start of the Yarram River track. Also

southern emuwrens there; and three Hooded Plovers on the beach at Cape 
Conran. Nearby, just north of Marlo, there is also a very good wetland
with 
large numbers of common wetland birds.

Friday 16 December - Bogong High Plains (Langfords West camping area)
Good suite of upland species in the surrounding snow gums including high

densities of Olive Whistlers; also many Flame Robins.

Friday 16 December - Ropers Track (just north of Bogong)
On the right hand side heading north from Bogong there is a fire track 
accessible on foot that winds down towards a rocky creek. We heard 
Cicadabird and saw Varied Sitella.

Friday 16 December - Chiltern State Forest (long range track and
environs)
Fire has affected most of this area but it is still good for birding. We
had 
Speckled Warbler near the start of the track. Note, this track is ONLY 
SUITABLE FOR 4WD. At the southern end of the track, we turned left
(along 
Woodshed track?) and along the road back towards the C377 flushed three 
Diamond Firetails from fences at the side of the road.

Saturday 17 December - Chiltern State Forest (Cyanide Dam and Ballarat 
track)
Crested Shrike Tit, 2 groups one at the dam and another on the Ballarat 
track about 200m from Cyanide Road to the northwest. Also at the same 
location, two pairs of Painted Buttonquail and 20+ Turquoise Parrots.
Parrot 
numbers are very high at the moment and we saw them throughout the day
at 
numerous locations though there were many juveniles feeding on the
ground at 
the aforementioned location. Also, White-bellied Cuckooshrike,
White-browed 
Babblers and Black-chinned Honeyeaters. Yellow-footed Antechinus were 
abundant throughout the forest and very active. We had a Squirrel Glider
at 
Cyanide Dam spotlighting the night before.

NEW SOUTH WALES

Saturday 17 December - Leeton (Fivebough Swamp) and Oolabeyan National
Park
Very windy day. Magpie Goose (1); Black-tailed Native Hen (3). Enroute
to 
Oolanbeyan along the Sturt Highway, numerous Apostlebird and
Grey-crowned 
Babblers plus two groups of Cockatiels. At Oolanbeyan, 2 perched Black 
Falcons were an evening highlight. Spotlighting did not reveal any
Plains 
Wanderers but an earlier recce did not find any suitable habitat.
Stubble 
Quails were common though, including coveys of about 10 birds. Also one,

perhaps two Little Buttonquail.

Sunday 18 December Oolabeyan National Park and the Murray River
A great mornings birding with hundreds of Budgerigars, Striped
Honeyeater, 
Masked, Black-faced and White-browed Woodswallows, around scrub in the
Spell 
Horse Paddock. The highlight though, great views of a pair of Ground 
Cuckooshrikes at this location then another pair in the Four Corners 
Paddock, near the edge of the saltbush area. On the way back south we
saw 
Little Friarbird and Dollarbird (Vic side) at the Murray River.

Regards,

Simon Mustoe.
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