Last weekend I took Mike Houle of Wisconsin USA to Newcastle
(32° 55´S 151° 45´ E) 160 km (100 miles) north from Sydney for some
birding. 159 avian species and a terrific list for those interested in what
can be seen between Sydney and Newcastle. Top 10 difficult to pick from
such an extensive list but possibly (based on good looks, charm and/or
rarity) might include:
Peregrine Falcon, Spotless Crake, Wood Sandpiper, Comb-crested Jacana,
Gull-billed Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Wompoo Fruit-dove, Topknot
Pigeon (flock of 75), Gang-gang Cockatoo, Azure kingfisher, Rainbow
Bee-eater, Speckled Warbler, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater,
Spotted Quail-thrush, Green Catbird and Double-barred Finch (sorry, forgot
to stop at 10).
The complete list is as below:
Brown Quail
Magpie Goose
Black Swan
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Australasian Shoveller
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Hardhead
Australian Little Grebe
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Australasian Pelican
White-faced Heron
Little Egret
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Black-shouldered Kite
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Swamp Harrier
Brown Goshawk - probable
Collared Sparrowhawk
Brown Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Spotless Crake
Purple Swamphen
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Bar-tailed Godwit
Eastern Curlew
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red-necked Stint
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Comb-crested Jacana
Sooty Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Pacific Golden Plover
Red-capped Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Black-fronted Plover
Red-kneed Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Silver Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Crested Tern
Common Tern
Little Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Rock Dove
Spotted Turtle-dove
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Wompoo Fruit-dove
Topknot Pigeon (flock of 75)
Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Australian King-parrot
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
White-throated Needletail
Southern Boobook Owl
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Superb Lyrebird
White-throated Treecreeper
Superb Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
White-browed Scrubwren
Speckled Warbler
Weebill
Brown Gerygone
Mangrove Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
Striped Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Blue-faced Honeyeater (in nest)
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Lewin''s Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
White-cheeked Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Scarlet Honeyeater
White-fronted Chat
Jacky Winter
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Whipbird
Spotted Quail-thrush
Varied Sitella
Crested Shrike-tit
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Leaden Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-lark
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
Figbird
White-breasted Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Australian Raven
White-winged Chough
Green Catbird
Satin Bowerbird + bower
Richard's Pipit
House Sparrow
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
Welcome Swallow
Martin sp
Clamorous Reed-warbler
Little Grassbird
Golden-headed Cisticola
Silvereye
Common Starling
Common Myna
non-avian species included:
Leech
Butterflies:
Blue Triangle
Orchard Swallowtail
Common Jezabel
Monarch (Wanderer)
Lesser Wanderer
Common Australian Crow
Common Brown
Common Eggfly
Meadow Argus
Lizards:
Eastern Water Dragon
Lace Monitor
Eastern Water Skink - probable
Mammals:
Wombat - 1 roadkill
Common Wallaroo
Red-necked Pademelon
Fox - 1 roadkill
Rabbit - roadkills
Andy Burton
Andy Burton's Bush Tours
703/4 Francis Road
Artarmon, NSW 2064
Email
Ph 61 2 9904 8468 (home and bus.)
Fax 61 2 9904 8768
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