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Hi Birders,
The Gould league Bird Study Camp Club of NSW
held their annual camp this year near Tathra on the Far South Coast of NSW
during the period 19 -27 October 2000. Tathra is located near the mouth of the
Bega River and is a good location for freshwater and estuarine wetlands, ocean
beaches and coastal heaths and forests. John Seale, the Secretary Organiser has
advised me of the following highlights:
Swift Parrots seen at Middle Beach (as reported by
Barabra Jones on Birding-aus) and on the board walk at Merimbula on 25/9/00 when
5 were seen.
Osprey - 1
Wallaga Lake 22/9/00
Striated Fieldwren
- Seen Green Cape in Ben Boyd NP 24/9/00
Grey Currawong
- 1 Wyndham 24/9/00
Hooded Plover -
Several pairs found nesting including a pair at Saltwater Creek, Ben Boyd
NP
Sacred Kingfisher
- First arrival 20/9/00 at Tathra
Black-faced Monarch
- First arrival at Bemboka 21/9/00
Leaden Flycatcher
- First arrival 22/9/00 at Bermagui
Glossy Ibis - 1
at Bega 27/9/00
Figbird -
Present in Tathra township everyday (Extending south down the NSW
coast)
Glossy Black Cockatoo
- 3 Tathra 20/9/00
White-throated Nightjar
- 1 Tathra 24/9/00
Common Myna - 2
East Bega 24/9/00, not previously known so far south
Alan Morris
NSWFOC Records Officer
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