Didn’t have much chance to go
birding in WA.
Boranup karri forest is within
the Leeuwin-Naturaliste
National Park, about 30km S
of Margaret River (WA). Towards the southern end of the tourist Drive through
the Karri forest there is a creek gully. I heard birds sounding like diamond
firetails, weeeee (low- but rising) but it was too dark to spot them. So I went
back the next day (took 1 hour) and I saw 3 red eared firetails within 5
minutes, a couple of days later we stopped in again and mum found a NEST
attended by 3 birds. 30cm, mainly dry grass and ferns. In bushes that looked
like mimosa pigra to me. The firetails hung in the dense undergrowth. On the sides of the stream valley were
paperbarks, although the birds didn’t enter these while I was there. All areas were under cover of large Karri
trees.
Also saw 2 red capped parrots,
>50 purple crowned lorikeets.
Meelup conservation reserve (30km
N of Margaret river)- saw western yellow robins, white breasted robins and
southern emu wrens and 6 purple crowned lorikeets, 2 red capped parrots. tawny
crowned honeyeater.
At the Gloucester tree (spelling)
near Pemberton, although it was all burnt, saw red winged fairy wrens, 2 white
breasted robins, lots of 28s and western rosellas within touching distance.
So 4 new ticks, also was reading
the Twitchers book over the week and I was twitching after seeing red eared
firetails!!
Need to look at my bird lists as
I saw a lot more birds.
Benj Whitworth
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