Tuross - Flames etc CORRECTIONS

[Julian Robinson <>]

I left out the important word "Falls" -- this was at Tuross
Falls, in the mountains not so far from Cooma / Numeralla,  not at Tuross
the town on the coast.  Also I was sloppy in my reporting of numbers
of Flame Robins, there were most likely 60 or so though I wasn't counting
until the second day.  Anyway a lot of Flame Robins and more than
50.

There were also 1M 1F Lyrebirds on the track north from Wadbilliga Track,
in separate locations. 

Julian

At 09:37 PM 22/03/2010, you wrote:
> Last weekend at Tuross area --
> Cascades Campground and the surrounding forest down to Wadbilliga Track
> -- there were some interesting birds...
>
> - vary many Flame Robins, I think family parties, throughout the
> area.  I would have seen 100 of them all up over the two days, which
> is around 50 times as many as I've seen before.  Acording to the
> atlas they will all be gone from this area (around 1000m) next month -
> shows them as being in the area all year round except April, June and
> July.   There were also a few Scarlet Robins but not nearly as
> many as the Flames.
>
> - I watched the honeyeaters on the river pond on the Sunday
> morning.  There were many Yellow-faced HEs, quite a few
> White-naped, about 5 White-eared and one pair of New
> Hollands.  At first I thought the Yellow-faceds were just
> hanging around, they were hawking over the water, and some bathing,
> others finding insects in the shrubbery.  Then I noticed that while
> some were definitely 'resident' there were others that were moving
> through, in larger groups always from the south bank to the north. 
> I think there were two quite separate populations, the locals who were
> feeding and moving in all directions (about 20 of them from my viewing
> point) and the larger number who seemed to be travelling in one
> direction, arriving in bursts.  The White-napeds were with the
> travelling group.
>
> - a pair of Azure Kingfishers which is notable since there are no
> atlas reports of this species in the area.  Also nice following my
> coming across half a dozen of them on Coila Creek two weeks ago.
>
> - adult + juvenile Spotted Quail-thrush in the drier country of the upper
> Wadbilliga area.
>
> Julian



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