Another fruitful trip to Lake Cargelligo this week. Still plenty of
water in the sewage works on the edge of town and a wide variety of species –
around 50 species close to town. Highlights were Crimson and
White-fronted Chats, Major Mitchell Cockatoos, Sharp –tailed and Marsh
Sandpipers, White-winged Fairy Wrens, Plum-headed Finches, a lone Wandering
Whistling Duck, Spotted, Spotless and Baillon’s Crakes and up to 30 Red-necked
Avocet. Well worth a visit and the town is keen to have more birding
visitors.
Other places visited:
- Gum Swamp outside Forbes had up to a dozen Freckled Duck
- Campbell’s Swamp outside Griffith also had Crimson Chats
- Fivebough at Leeton turned up around 50 species including Magpie Geese,
Avocet, White-fronted Chat, Yellow-billed Spoonbill
- Binya SF/Wattle Dam provided over 30 species including Turquoise Parrots,
Mulga Parrots, Diamond Firetail, Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo, Splendid and
Variegated Fairy Wrens and Painted Honeyeater
- Woodswallows were much in evidence most places – White-browed,
White-breasted and Dusky
- no sign of White-backed Swallows at Tuckerbill Swamp unfortunately
The trip overall, over 4 days and abut 1100 kms, yielded some 130
species. A full typed list will be available shortly if anyone is
interested.
