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Tallaganda - pink robin, olive whistler, quoll

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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:02:00 +1000

I spent Sunday (2 October) down in the far southeast corner of the COG Area of Interest. I birded in Tallaganda NP & Tallaganda State Forest, Gourock NP, Badja Swamps NR & Deua NP (along the Minuma Range Fire Trail in the Woila-Deua Wilderness Area).

Of interest was a single male Pink Robin in a wet gully in Tallaganda SF. Beautiful to finally see one locally after seeing so many in Tassie the week before.
I stayed around until 8pm spotlighting for Tiger Quolls and finally tracked one down in the car lights along White Ash Rd. By the time I jumped out with a torch it had slinked away under some fallen timber. At least 2 Greater Gliders were also high up in the trees along the road.

Other birds included several Olive Whistlers along Slap Up Fire Trail in Gourock NP. Eastern Whipbirds at many locations including in some tea-tree scrub around a dam just below the peak of Mt Tumanmang. While over the summit itself 2 Wedge-tailed Eagles soared. Spotted Quail-thrushes along Flat Range FT and Bald Peak Rd. Also Crescent Honeyeaters, Superb Lyrebirds, Fan-tailed Cuckoos, a Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Gang-gang Cockatoos & Flame Robins. I watched a Grey Currawong making a very strange grating call and then its mate would reply with the same call. It was a new call for me.

During the day I saw 3 Echidnas, 4 Wombats, and innumerable Red-necked Wallabies and Swamp Wallabies. And the drive back along Anembo Rd was slow going as I had to stop many times for wildlife including roos, 3 Wombats, 1 Ringtail Possum and a Boobook perched on the road.

Cheers
Marnix
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