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Hi Birders & David Geering,
The normal most eastern distribution in NSW of the
Apostlebird that I have found is at Birriwa (it has a wheat silo and it used to
have a one teacher school), somewhat to the north of Gulgong between Gulgong and
Dunedoo, although I don't pass that way very often these days . "Handlist
of Birds in NSW" 1981 Morris, McGill & Holmes gives the eastern distribution
as : Inverell, Tamworth, Denman, Wellington, Cowra, Boorowa, Gundagai &
Walbundrie. Your record of 8 km NW of Mudgee would fit with that eastern
limit, noting that the line from Denman to Wellington is an east west line
that skirts around the Great Divide. I doubt if the record would represent an
eastern extension of range. I have regularly seen them along the Mudgee
-Wellington road.
Alan Morris
Records Officer NSWFOC
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