Three friends and I will be spending 3 weeks birding in SE Australia prior to a
short visit to New
Caledonia. None of us have been to this part of Australia, although 3 of us
have been to
Queensland. We will have a car and have used Thomas & Thomas (and recent
postings on
birding-aus) to work out a provisional itinary (we also have Bransbury?s book).
The trip splits
into 4 parts, but is flexible within each part (depending on what has been seen
at the time!):
July 21-26: Sydney-Canberra-Deniliquin
July 28-Aug 1: Deniliquin-Melbourne-Portland
Aug 3-7: Portland-Victoria Malle-Adelaide
Aug 8-14: Adelaide-Birdsville-Adelaide (with 4WD)
We would be grateful for any further information, recent sightings or specific
sites, comments or
advice on any part of the trip. I will not have access to e-mail after 17
July. The places we
intend visiting (and, drawn heavily from Thomas & Thomas, the birds we might
hope to see) in
the third part of the trip are:
Aug 3-7: Portland-Victoria Malle-Adelaide
Wyperfield NP: Mallefowl, Chestnut Quail-Thrush, Shy Hylacola, Southern Scrub
Robin,
Regent Parrot, Bluebonnet, White-browed & Masked Wood Swallow, White-fronted
Chat,
Red-capped Robin, Gilbert?s Whistler
Hattah-Kulkyne NP: Striated Grasswren, Malle Emuwren, Chestnut Quail-Thrush,
Shy
Hylacola, Southern Scrub Robin, Regent & Mulga Parrots, Purple-crowned Lorikeet,
Chestnut-crowned Babbler, Masked Wood Swallow, White-fronted Chat, Red-capped
Robin,
Gilbert?s Whistler, Black-tailed Native Hen
?Yarrarra NP: White-browed Treecreeper, Crested Bellbird, Gilbert?s Whistler
Gluepot Reserve: Scarlet-chested & Regent Parrots, Striated Grasswren,
Malleefowl,
White-browed Treecreeper, Black-eared Miner, Red-lored Whistler
Any recent observations or specific locations within the sites would be most
helpful.
Many thanks in advance for any information,
Richard Fairbank
West Sussex, England
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