Graham
I wonder if some sort of clearing has occurred in the local area and
they have had to move on.
Greg Little
Greg Little - Principal Consultant
General Flora and Fauna
PO Box 526
Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia
Ph 02 49 556609
Fx 02 49 556671
www.gff.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Graham Turner
Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2008 2:22 PM
To: Baus
Subject: Chestnut-rumped Heathwren, Lapstone, NSW
G'day Birders, this morning while walking back from dropping my kids at
school I saw a small brown bird in the undergrowth at Darks Common,
Lapstone. I tried to turn it into a white-browed scrubwren (as I would
have
expected here) but failed dismally. I ended up getting a fantastic view
of a
pair or Chestnut-rumped Heathwrens flitting around about 2 - 3 m from
me.
This I was not expecting. I have never seen a Heathwren here before and
to
put it into perspective, I used to walk to school through the same patch
of
bush. And yes, I would have noticed, I started birding in 5th class.
The really amazing thing is that this was my bogey bird for about 15
years,
and now it turns up less than 1 km from home. It will be interesting to
see
if they hang around as I wouldn't call it prime heathwren habitat as the
understorey isn't as thick as where I expect to see them (usually
further up
the mountains).
Cheers
Graham Turner
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