We have just spent four days camping and trekking through the park.
Honeyeaters, Silvereyes, robins were on the move. Cicadabird, Rufous
Fantail, Shining Flycatcher were absent. No cuckoos were recorded. Apart
from the migrants, MFF provided the bulk of the sightings: usually they
consisted of Striated and Brown Thornbills, Grey Fantail, White-throated
Treecreeper and Golden Whistler. We saw plenty of Spotted Quail-thrush,
including a party of four. Highlights were Crescent Honeyeater, Wonga
Pigeon, Rose Robin, and Bassian Thrush (two together). Lowlight was a
complete absence of owl records and just three raptor sightings in four
days. The piscatorial highlight was a school of galaxids in a small
clear mountain stream. Galaxids are getting a hammering from (I suppose)
anthropmorphic changes to hydrology, carp, redfin, trout and mosquito
fish, so sightings are now much rarer than they were in my youth. They
are such lovely movers.
Another highlight was finding a very small patch of what I took to be
sub-tropical rainforest within the COG AOI boundaries. There are other
such, I believe. This patch was patchy but vine cover was good and there
was no ground storey veg.
Con
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