Hi Mick.
Similar experience in SE Qld, very few Pallid Cuckoos, WW Trillers,
waterfowl, crakes or quail, hardly any harriers. Might be an idea to move
your 'twitchathon' location to Alice Springs (I think that's where they've
all gone, judging by recent reports!)
Tom
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Mick Roderick <
> wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
> As far as I can tell thus far there have been no reports of WwTrillers in
> the Hunter either. In the lead-up to the Twitchathon I have been searching
> for both Songlarks / Bushlark in their usual haunts and have come up
> empty-handed. There was one report of Rufous Songlark from near Sandy Hollow
> about a month ago but this has been the only one to date. I have spent a lot
> of time in their usual spots recently without anything.
>
> We might have more success in the extreme west of the valley, around
> Goulburn River NP, this weekend. (fingers crossed)
>
> I did think that I heard Stubble Quail around Morpeth recently, but it was
> windy and possibly a trick of wishful thinking. One thing that is noteworthy
> is that I counted 17 Banded Lapwings near Morpeth on Sunday. Why would these
> guys be here in numbers yet so many others that prefer to be "west" absent?
>
> To add to your absentee list (migrant-wise), there has been no sign of
> Whiskered Terns either. White-browed / Masked Woodswallows have barely been
> reported in NSW, let alone in sub-coastal areas.
>
> There have been no Red-kneed Dotterel or Pink-eared Duck (aside from one
> rogue bird on an inaccessible dam) either, since pretty much Dec 27 2009.
> Native-hens same (and there were numerous here pre-NYE).
>
> At least you guys have had a Wood Sands or two!
>
> A few people have commented to me about raptors and when I think about it,
> it's been a long time since I've even seen a Brown Falcon in the Hunter
> (though I'm sure they're here, but surely in lesser numbers).
>
> It will make for an interesting Twitchathon.
>
> Mick
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Keith Brandwood <>
> To: birdingaus <>
> Sent: Wed, 27 October, 2010 3:27:47 PM
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] some migrants missing
>
> Hello everyone, This year in the Hawkesbury looks as though we are going to
> miss out on the White winged Trillers, Brown,and Rufous Songlarks, Singing
> Bushlark and Stubble Quail I have looked long and hard but have not as yet
> recorded any of them. They are usually early arrivals here. Any one else
> seen any of them. Then again why would you fly to the Hawkesbury when
> conditions inland are probably as good if not better. Although I dot ever
> remember a year when they did not come?
> the beautiful Hawkesbury 60km N/W of Sydney
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