Monga - Bingie (Wed 22 Dec)

I took the day off work yesterday to
do some birding and relax down the coast. First stop Monga National Park.

Highlights in Monga (22 species) were:

# Whipbirds at Dasyurus Picnic
Area.
# Red-browed Treecreeper, Rose Robin,
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Yellow Robin and many Rufous Fantails
at Mongarlowe River Picnic Area & Nature Walk.
# Superb Lyrebird in full song
at Penance Grove Rainforest Boardwalk.

Then to spend the afternoon relaxing
on the beach at Bingie Point in Eurobodalla National Park.

Highlights at Bingie (34 species) were:

# A total of 12 Dollarbirds spaced
out along powerlines every 50m or so.
# 2 Sea-eagles soaring low over
our heads on the beach.
# 30+ White-throated Needletails
overhead for most of the afternoon.
# 100's of Shearwaters, Gannets,
Terns and Gulls just off the point, close enought o give
clear views through he binos.
# Lewin's Honeyeater, Black-faced
Monarch, Red-browed Finch and Brown Gerygone in dense bush just
behind beach dunes.

And I disturbed a strange creature in
dune scrub on Bingie Beach - it was about the size of a small rabbit, with
grey fur and short round ears. I didnt norice any tail, but it scurried
(didnt hop) and disappeared under some bushes possibly into a sandy burrow(?)
as I couldnt find it again.  I thought it could be a Bush Rat, Long-nosed
Bandicoot or Dunnart. Dont know really? Does anyone have any ideas? Maybe
it was a baby Bunyip...

On the drive home, saw 2 White-headed
Pigeons on powerlines by Barlings Beach.

Cheers

Marnix