Highlights of lists from members of the Blue Mountains Bird Observers for
JANUARY 2000.
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YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL - 1 flying with a flock of 19 STRAW-NECKED IBIS,
over Megalong Valley on 19/1.
PACIFIC BAZA - 2 adults and 2 juveniles at Blaxland, from 20/1.
GREY GOSHAWK - Three records this month. One grey morph seen at Woodford on
28/1. The other two were birds (or possibly the same bird) with a taste for
chicken take-away, reported in chook yards at Lawson and Springwood.
AUSTRALIAN HOBBY - One flying amongst Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in a
carpark at Lawson, 21/1.
PEREGRINE FALCON - Seen taking a Wonga Pigeon in a backyard at Springwood.
GLOSSY BLACK-COCKATOO - A number of records including Lapstone, Sun Valley,
Bedford Creek, Hazelbrook and Kings Tableland.
HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO - One immature in Katoomba on 18/1.
COMMON KOEL - This season have been more numerous than ever before,
especially in the mid and upper mountains. In January they started to
quieten down.
POWERFUL OWL - Heard at Mount Riverview on 20/1. One adult seen on 29/1
beside Springwood Creek (near Faulconbridge), roosting with a dead
Kookaburra in its talons.
BARKING OWL - There has been a report of one flushed by bushwalkers on
Renitz Pass at Mount Victoria.
WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL - Seen by members on only 3 days in January,
small groups each time.
SCARLET HONEYEATER - During late January, many in Birdwood Gully near
Faulconbridge, several at Woodford.
FLAME ROBIN - Our only report of a Petroica robin all month, this was at
Blackheath.
WHITE-BELLIED CUCKOO-SHRIKE - Reported at Springwood.
DUSKY WOODSWALLOW - Our only report so far this season of Duskies, approx 2
on Kings Tableland on 30/1.
GOLDFINCH - 4+ at Katoomba on 27/1.
FAIRY MARTIN - Several seen around the dam at Lake Medlow (unusual for
higher mountains, except during migration).
N.B. This is not a complete list of species, just observations of
particular interest.
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Carol Probets
Newsletter Editor, Blue Mountains Bird Observers
Katoomba NSW (100km west of Sydney)
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The Blue Mountains Bird Observers compile records of birds within the Blue
Mountains City boundaries, which includes the area between Hawkesbury
Heights, Mount Riverview and Lapstone in the east; Megalong Valley, Shipley
Plateau and Mount York in the west and Mount Wilson in the north.
Annual membership is $17 and all members receive a full list of birds
reported each month and a detailed monthly newsletter including trip
reports and members' observations.
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