birding-aus

Visit to Leeton & Griffith

To:
Subject: Visit to Leeton & Griffith
From: morris <>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 22:23:08 +1000
Like Laurie Conole, Craig Arms and I went to Griffith last weekend as
well, and  also to attend the Bignet Meeting in Leeton along with Jenny
Bounds & Co. Despite the rain and the need to attend a few of the
sessions of the meeting, we were able to see some good birds.

Enroute we stopped off at Terramungermine Reserve Dubbo, where there
were Red-capped Robins, Rufous & Golden Whistlers, an early pair of
Sacred Kingfishers & Western Gerygones; at  Gum Swamp, Forbes where
there were many Black Ducks, Grey Teal and Pinkears with new ducklings,
as well as a pair of Sea Eagles at their nest and about 10+ pairs of
White-necked Herons at their nests!

Led ably by Mike Schultz, a visit to Tully's Hill, Leeton was very
rewarding with a pair of Black-eared Cuckoos, nesting pair of Hooded
Robins, Diamond Firetails, Speckled Warblers, Inland & Chestnut-rumped
Thornbills and about 6 calling White-winged Trillers.

Again ably led by Bill Moller on the Sunday, at Campbells Swamp,
Griffith we saw c. 30 Marsh Sandpipers, 4 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers,
Red-capped Plovers, some very obvious Little Grassbirds,  and a
Shelduck; at Nericon Swamp there were about 6 nesting Swans plus one
pair with young, 5 Greenshanks, Shovellers, Red-capped Plovers and
nesting Silver Gulls & a Singing Honeyeater; while at Wilbriggie Swamp
there were  Night-herons in breeding plumage, Pinkear, Western
Gerygones, Yellow-billed Spoonbills, nesting Cockatiels and Yellow
Rosellas.

A very pleasant weekend.

Alan Morris


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Visit to Leeton & Griffith, morris <=
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU