Hi John,
Well, you know what my prediction for you is - I won't jinx you and air it
here.
I am in awe that you have reached 671 without seeing a Fuscous Honeyeater! It
must be great to have birds like that still on your "to get" list. There would
be lots of them within an hour's drive from home, so so you needn't worry about
going out of your way down south to get them. I reckon you'll be ok for Painted
HE too. You should be able to peg back 4 tern spp. as well - fancy having
Saunders' Tern and not Little or Fairy Tern by this stage! There are some very
gettable birds left on your list (eg Powerful and Masked Owls, White-browed
Treecreeper, Rufous Scrub-bird) and not having White-throated Needletail
already is a bonus.
Your 2 additions from yesterday's SOSSA trip aren't on your list yet, but my
guesses would be Southern Giant Petrel and Brown Skua(?). Don't forget if
you're still capable of going to sea again in early October you're welcome to
join our Port Stephens / Swansea trips during the Short-tailed Shearwater
migration, with a reasonable chance of some Cookilarias that you're missing
(though you'll pick up Mottled on your way to and from Macca).
Cheers
Mick
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From: Paul G Dodd <>
To: John Weigel <>
Cc: "" <>
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Big Year Update
Hi John,
Fuscous and Painted HEs at Clunes in Vic, near Ballarat - though maybe a bit
early for Painted. Fuscous also at Kamarooka (Camp Road Dam).
Crescent HE at Ironbark Walk Point Addis. Depending on your route to Portland,
you could go via one or both spots.
Unfortunately Ruth and I are still in the US, so we'll miss you on the August
pelagic from Portland.
Good luck!
Paul Dodd
Docklands (though currently somewhere on Pacific Coast Highway south of San
Francisco)
Sent from my iPhone
On 29/07/2012, at 5:30 AM, John Weigel <> wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> Having recently passed the midway mark of my Big Year, I’ve taken a short
> break to reacquaint myself with family and workmates, and to write up some
> (very) informal trip reports on my blog. If you are interested, please check
> out www.birdingfordevils.com.au . The reports cover a marathon ten-week
> road-trip through the guts of the inland and all of the Top End from
> Kimberleys to Cape York. The Jeep clocked up 35,000km – an average 500km per
> day – with many days extending well beyond the 1,000km mark, maintaining a
> break-neck pace that began over six months and 671 bird species ago.
>
> Following yesterday’s vomitathon off of Wollongong (I believe I was the only
> sickie again, but was rewarded with two hard-earned, though common seabird
> ticks) I have three more days at home, then a ten-day bird-targeted run from
> home (Gosford) to and from the 5 August Portland Vic pelagic trip. Although I
> have reasonably good oil on some of the species I’m chasing, I thought I’d
> ask in this forum for any very recent sightings for any of the following
> birds. Of course I have the current Birdline listings, so looking for
> additional sightings. Any help would be appreciated – just email me at
> or ring me on 0414 883 166.
>
> Looking for current locations (anywhere in the southeast really, from
> Brisbane to Adelaide) for:
> King Quail
> Australian Bittern (yeah, right)
> Superb Parrot (they are apparently on the move…)
> Scarlet-chested Parrot (hoping they will return to Gluepot soon – I
> apparently missed them by days back in early April)
> Lewin’s Rail (where a visual is reasonably possible – I’ve heard these
> bad-boys taunting from reed-beds all year)
> Painted Snipe (I was the only member of group of three birders to not see a
> flushed bird at Lake Argyle a few weeks ago)
> Crescent Honeyeater
> Fuscus Honeyeater
> Painted Honeyeater (yeah, I know)
>
> Because I had two flight cancellations to Melaleuca from Hobart in the
> summer, I didn’t get OBP. It would therefore be greatly appreciated if anyone
> who knows of a wintertime hangout in Victoria could help out. I know the
> secret handshake and will keep all info confidential if desired.
>
> Apart from the southeast, which is really the last honeypot of species for
> me, along with Lord Howe Island, I only have a few birds left heading across
> to the southwest at end of September (Nullarbor QT, Western Corella, western
> ssp of Crested Shrike-tit, the swan), then up the coast to Broome. Elsewhere
> across the continent it’s getting to be fairly slim pickings. . I’ve decided
> to blow the rest of my wife’s and my retirement fund and will be visiting
> Christmas Island / Cocos Keeling, as well as Boigu / Saibai Islands all for
> the second time this year, in November.
>
> Although Sean has been very encouraging, generous with information and
> graciously optimistic about what my end of year tally might be, his record
> 720 (IOC) species remains a very distant goal – believe me, and is very much
> dependent upon lots of success on boats – for which I have very mixed
> feelings. I still have the following to ‘look forward to’: six more one-day
> pelagics planned (four of these will be off Eaglehawk in September – I
> thought I was going to die out there on the Pauletta last year – I sincerely
> wanted to), the 8-day Ashmore Reef trip with George Swan and hard-cores in
> late October, the 8-day Heritage run from Albany to Hobart first week of
> December, then the piece-de-résistance – 13 Days from Hobart to NZ via Macca,
> on seas that I really don’t want to even think about.
>
>
> John Weigel
> Australian Reptile Park
> Pacific Hwy, Somersby, NSW.
> PO Box 737, Gosford, NSW, 2250
> ph 02 4340 1022 fax 02 4340 2990
>
> www.reptilepark.com.au
> www.devilark.com.au
> www.snakeranch.com.au
>
>
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