Some notes from a recent Pilliga trip

["Hawkins, Brian" <>]

G’day Martin, not too sure which bits are unburnt – we camped at Delwood Dam in the East Pilliga.  There was some burnt, some unburnt country round there.  What had been burnt didn’t seem to be badly affected.

 

Brian

 

From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 7:57 AM
To: Hawkins, Brian <>
Cc: Canberra birds <>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Some notes from a recent Pilliga trip

 

Which parts of the Pilliga are unburnt?

 

Martin

Martin Butterfield

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On 24 May 2018 at 07:00, Hawkins, Brian <> wrote:

G’day all,

 

Lindell’s email brought to mind a trip to the Pilliga earlier this month.

 

It’s really dry up there at the moment, and we spent a few nights camping by a dam.

 

I couldn’t believe the numbers of Glossy Black-cockatoos that came to drink every evening around sunset – there were upwards of 50 GBCs at the dam at once.  I don’t ever remember seeing more than about 10 GBCs at a time before.

 

The other highlight was a group of 5 Turquoise Parrots coming in to drink at dawn.

 

I would love to have spent a day or two just sitting by the dam and watching what came in – if anyone’s got the time and inclination, I’d recommend taking advantage of the current dry conditions and doing just that!

 

Brian Hawkins