The results...
There were 15 suggestions for where I was. All were expectedly along the
East coast, ranging from Jervis Bay to Cooloola NP.
Steve Clark Jervis Bay
Russell Farr Boodereee National Park (Jervis Bay)
Alistair Stewart Barren Grounds?
Peter Waanders Barren Grounds Bird Observatory
Rohan Clarke Myall Lakes National Park?
Richard Baxter Yuraygir National Park, which is between Yamba and Red Rock
Alan Morris Brooms Head in Yuraygir NP
Peter Ewin Yuraygir, Bundjalung or Broadwater NP (Bundjalung)
Peter Milburn Bundjalung National Park, NSW or at least somewhere nearby.
Hugo Phillipps Bundjalung NP near Yamba
Andrew Stafford Bundjalung NP
David Geering Bundjalung NP, possibly Black Rocks south of Evans Head.
Richard Loyn Cooloola NP
Frank O'Connor Cooloola NP
John Boyce Cooloola north of Noosa Qld
Below are summaries of people's reasonings where they were sent to me and
not to Birding-aus...
Alistair Stewart: East coast, central (NSW), wet/swampy grassland...Barren
Grounds?
Rohan Clarke: Coastal region supporting heathland somewhere in N NSW.
Guessing South of Evans Head to get Tawny Crowned He, North of about
Newcastle to get Pied Butcherbird - Myall Lakes NP?
Alan Morris: Brooms Head in Yuraygir NP east of Grafton.- A small
population of Emus still occurs near Brooms Head, there are some records of
Ground Parrots on the heaths nearby, and Sea-Eagles, Koels, Tawny-crowned &
White cheeked Honeyeaters and Tawny Grassbirds occur. While I did consider
Bundjalung, the Emus are pretty rare there!
Andrew Stafford: Based on the presence of Koels, Coucals and
Channel-billeds as well as Tawny Grassbird and Pied Butcherbird, I'm going
to plump for a slightly more north-easterly location than Jervis Bay:
somewhere in northern NSW, say Bundjalung NP.
Richard Loyn: Cooloola NP - (The only thing that bothers me is the Superb
Fairy-wrens, as I remember Red-backed as more common there: perhaps there
is a similar habitat further south?)
And the actual location was...
on a fire trail through heathland off the Diggers Camp Road in Yuraygir
National Park, between Wooli and Minnie Water.So Richard Baxter and Alan
Morris come closest.
All birds were seen (or heard) within about an hour and a half of sunrise.
Thanks for the responses, I'll post another one in maybe a couple of weeks,
but if anyone else wants to do one please do - I'd like to participate!
Harvey
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