We camped at Cocoparra NP for 3 nights on the way home from the COG campout
at Willandra. The birds were brilliant, in terms of both diversity and
abundance – we recorded 78 species which included just one ‘waterbird’.
Some of the highlights included Peregrine Falcons, Blue Bonnets, Budgerigars,
Turquoise Parrots, White-browed and Grey-crowned Babblers, Red-capped and Hooded
Robins, Painted Button-Quail, Brown Treecreepers, Emus, Double-barred Finches,
Splendid Fairy-wrens, White-backed Swallows, Rufous Songlark, Yellow-plumed
Honeyeater and a juv Black-eared Cuckoo being fed by Speckled Warblers – see
David’s photo at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kookr/5674656835/
Cocoparra, just 4 hours from Canberra, is a great place to camp (no fees) –
lovely sites with abundant revegetation, clean toilets, tables and free gas
BBQs. There were a max of 2 other campers at any time (and none on the
Friday night, with the royal wedding providing an unanticipated bonus).
Highly recommended (but perhaps not at the moment for anyone with a mouse
phobia).
Kathy and David
