Tim,
Your Spinifexbird sighting reminds me to tell you of an out of range we
had several years ago. We found a pair of Spinifexbirds about 500km east
of their range (as given in the field guide). I think the nearest point
in the field guide was around Jundah. They were several kms (was it
75km?) along the Charleville - Bollon Road in a narrow band of spinifex
which appeared to be quite long.
The sighting was so unusual that we reported it to the rangers in
Charleville, who were sceptical. We took them there the following day,
found one of the birds and convinced them.
Cheers,
Jill
On 31/07/2010 4:56 PM, Tim Dolby wrote:
Hi birders,
Of interest, a pair of Spinifexbird has just been recorded on a spinifex
covered mesa plateau at Mt Walker, 8.5 km south Hughenden (385 west of
Townsville). A relatively sedentary species, this appears to be at least 200 km
outside the northern end of its range. The closest records are from Bladensburg
National Park (sth of Winton) and Adelong Reserve (near Lake Galilee).
They were observed last Saturday (24 July) by Peter Valentine nest building in
a clump of spinifex near the Reay Lookout. Peter took some excellent
photographs. They were first observed on Tuesday June 29, where (it appears)
they were mistakenly identified as Striated Grasswren.
Personally I'm always greatly fascinated by this sort of observation, giving us
real hope that other species (such as Night Parrot and the grasswrens spp) may
turn up in areas previously unreported.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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