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We saw some good birds in
the Wheeny Creek reserve which is part of Wollemi National Park, today. We
initially went up to the Comleroy Road to the intersection of the Mountain
Lagoon Road to look for Spotted Quail-thrush. This is one of the most
reliable sites for this bird but alas we neither heard or saw one. However I did
flush a Painted Button-quail.
Lower down at the creek we had lunch with
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Leaden Flycatchers, Crested Shrike-tits, Golden
& Rufous Whistlers, 4 species of honeyeater and a pair of Gang-gang
Cockatoos. To see the Gang-gangs, stand in the carpark, look south-west to
the top of a Sydney Bluegum, look for the one with a dark hole 2/3rds of the way
up. You should see a female looking straight at you and the male sitting
nearby.
While having a cuppa at the Quail-thrush
site, I met an old birding acquaintance who told me that a week ago, at Mount
York lookout which is just west of Mount Victoria in the Blue Mountains; he
heard Painted Honeyeaters calling clearly from the valley below. Maybe
someone could follow this up.
Trevor & Annie
Quested
Sydney, Australia
Phone
+61 2 9955 6266
Fax + 61 2 9959 4005
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