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Steve Holliday and I had a pleasant walk around
Cuumbeun Nature Reserve (near Queanbeyan, cnr Kings Hwy and Captains Flat Rd)
this morning (18/2/05).
Observing 42 species in all in about 4
hrs, there were some stand-out highlights, including a Brown
Treecreeper, several Speckled Warblers and a pair of
Spotted Quail-Thrush. Other notables included
Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Shining and
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoos, Scarlet and
Eastern Yellow Robins, heard 2 Australian
Owlet-Nightjars, many White-throated Treecreepers and
large numbers of both Pardalotes.
No sign of the 2 juvenile Southern
Boobooks that I've seen on 2 recent visits (photos on the Photo
Gallery).
David Cook
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