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Hi,
We (my father and I) have just
come back from a three day trip to the area around Griffith. This is the second
time we have been to Cocoparra NP, the previous visit was at the same time
last year. Highlights were:
- lots of Emu around the campsite-one was a father
of 4 striped young
- hundreds of woodswallows- mostly White-browed but
also Masked and Dusky
- nests of both a pair of Brown Goshawk and a Jacky
Winter near the campsite
- a couple of Black Honeyeaters
- a pair of Peregrine Falcons with 3 brown eggs and
a Yellow-footed Antechinus on the rocks at Falcon Falls
We visited Fivebough swamp twice during the
outing: once around dusk and again in the morning. Highlights
were
- many hundreds of Glossy Ibis (and lesser numbers
of Straw-necked and Australian White, as well as both species of
spoonbill
- thousands of Grey Teal
- many sandpipers (we didn't have a telescope
to identify them)
- two crake species: Baillon's and Australian
Spotted]
- And a group of ~10 Black-tailed
Native-hen
Cheers, Tobias
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