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Hi all,
Came back from a stay in Jindabyne
from 19/3/06 to the 24/3/06.
Weather was fine but the area is currently quite
dry and there is a present outburst of locusts in the region.
Went Birdwatching everyday on the Golfcourse on the
Sport & Recreation centre grounds.
Saw the following species (not in taxonomic
order):-
Dusky Woodswallow good numbers
throughout the week
Magpie seen everyday
Little Raven seen in small
flocks
Crimson Rosella Many young
birds with Green plumage
Pipit-seen in good
numbers
Silvereye
Restless Flycatcher
Diamond Firetail a small flock
seen on to seperate days
Willie Wagtail
White-eared Honeyeater induvidual
birds seen on three occassions
Yellow-rumped Thornbill small
flocks
Grey Fantail by the
creek
Red-browed Firetail by the
creek
Superb Fairywren by the
creek
Pied Currawong small numbers
flying through
Redrumped Parrot
Yellow Faced Honeyeater
goodnumbers feeding on the freshly blooming snowgums
Rufous Whistler
Stubble Quail flushed from long
grass on hillside overlooking lake
White-faced Heron flew
over
Brown Treecreeper one seen on
three occassions
Little Eagle Pale morph perching
in large eucalypt.
Goldfinch large
numbers
Grey Shrike-thrush x1 by the
creek
White-bellied Cuckooshrike- by
the creek
White-throated
Treecreeper
White-fronted Chat- small
flocks
Laughing Kookaburra
Australian Raven x 1
Starling
Gang Gang Cockatoo x5 flying
over
Striated Pardalote
Galah
Sacred Kingfisher- one seen on two
seperate days, did not call
Black Faced Cuckooshrike- small
flock passing through
Spotted Pardalote-by
creek
Walked up Mt Kosciuszko from Thredbo Villiage on
the 21st and saw the following species:-
White-browed Scrubwren by thredbo
reiver
Coot Thredbo River
Little Raven Flock of over 300 on
the summit of Mt Kosciuszko, flying in almost
complete uniform.
Pipit Huge flock of over 100 on
Summit
Wooduck Thredbo River
Emu x3 in the NP
Lake Jindabyne 22/3/06:-
Sacred Ibis pair
Straw-necked Ibis
pair
Black fronted Dotteral
pair
White-fronted Chat- flock on
bank
Maned Wooduck
Blackduck
Little Pied Cormorant
Pipit on bank
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo flew
past
Masked lapwing x4
White-faced heron
perching
Kurtis Lindsay
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