My October blitz site was Nursery swamp (27th Oct). I hadn't been there
for many years and underestimated the length of the walk (8.5km and 4-5
hours). Interesting birds seen included:
4 fantailed cuckoos, 1 spotted quail thrush, lots of honeyeaters with
about 24 white eared honeyeaters, 28 yellow faced, 26 white napes, 4
brown headeds, and an eastern spinebill. I cant think of any other place
where white ears are basically the dominant honeyeater.
1 yellow robin, 3 flame robins, 8 rufous whistlers, 5 GST, 6
kookaburras, 2 sacred kingfishers, 3 striated thornbills, 2 grey
butcherbirds and 3 pippits. 4 gang gangs and 1 common bronzewing.
I heard a couple of dingos howling at about 5pm. It was strangely
relaxing listening to them howl while walking back, thinking 'I am
probably the only human in this secret valley'.
An unusual call I heard was a 'wraaaa', low and metallic. I don't even
know whether it was a bird or something else.
There were quite a few birds I expected to see/hoped to see, but didn't,
ie red browed treecreeper, speckled warbler, lyrebird, pilot bird,
leaden and satin flycatcher, and noisy friarbirds. Perhaps it was too
early for the migrants or maybe I just missed out.
Plants/Other: At the car park I also found the largest red necked
wallaby I have ever seen. Heading up the hill from the car park, most
plants were in flower, with a variety of red and yellow peas (Dillwynia,
Daviesia and Pultanea) and many white flowered heath plants
(Epacidaceae- Leucopogon, Brachyloma), plus also trigger plants, Calotis
daisies, Pimeleas, and many more. There were very few flowers within the
Nursery swamp valley.
Benj Whitworth
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