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Subject: Re: Kingfisher Park
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 17:23:43 +1000
Hi John
If you're staying at Kingfisher
Park, I'm sure that Keith or Lindsay will give you the latest sightings. We
found the Parrot-finches where they said to look, namely:- about 3 or 4 kms
west
of Kingfisher Park on the road to Mt Molloy, you'll find Sides Road going off
to
the right (signposted). This creates a 'T' intersection. Here, you'll notice 2
sites on the left for parking or turn into Sides Rd and park just along there
on
the right. When standing at the T, walk west (Mt Molloy direction) for about 30
metres and you'll see a rough vehicle track off to your left - the track itself
is about 200m long and leads to a sugar-cane farm. It's a private road but the
owner allows genuine birders to use it. There's a shallow running creek along
the track. We found the finches beside the track once and beside the creek the
2nd time. We saw them drinking from the creek as well. Both times we found them
very close to the ground - eating small white fluffy seeds from a low growing
leafy plant that Keith told us was a feral introduction. Meg could hear their
high 'contact' call - I'm too deaf. We also found them feeding high in a tree
after they'd been 'spooked'. We counted 8 the 1st time and 6 the 2nd, but
others
found up to 20 - it depends when you go. Our experience suggests middle
afternoon is the best. There were none on Mt Lewis.
Hope this helps
Brian
From: John McLennan
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 6:06 AM
To: Brian and Meg
Subject: Kingfisher Park
Brian and Meg... will be
at Kingfisher Park in two weeks
would be interested
to find out where you saw the parrot-finches
have been up there
three times in the past with no success
John McLennan
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