G'day Laurie,
Thanks for the Mt Barney message....just a quick one to clarify, was
that a Pink or Rose Robin? (if it's the former I'm going down there at
the
weekend!!)
Regards,
Tom Tarrant
Dayboro, Qld
Laurence and Leanne Knight wrote:
> A quick note on some more atlassing along the border regions of SEQ.
>
> Wednesday last week was the Ekka holiday, so I went for a stroll from
> Lindsay Gap to Mt Glennie - had a nice view of a bellbird harassing a
> king parrot - was a bit like a blow fly doing laps round a dog's head.
>
> On the weekend, some friends and I climbed Barrabool [one of the lesser
> visited peaks of Mt Barney - quite a bit of a bash getting there, but it
> has some interesting habitat, and some of the best views in SEQ]. On
> the way in we passed some yellow-tailed black cockatoos and flushed a
> tawny frogmouth. While on top [at 1100m] we were a bit surprised to see
> a willy wagtail hanging about [seemed a bit out of place] and had a nice
> view of a grey goshawk cruising among the tree tops near Savages Pt.
> After a nice cup of freshly ground coffee and some mocha choclate we
> weaved and grappled our way down to the north branch of Barrabool Ck -
> saw a pink robin while having lunch on some rock slabs. Finally, for
> good measure, we flushed a spotted quail thrush on the way back to the
> car.
>
> Regards, Laurie.
>
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