Dick Jenkins mentions Stubble Quail at, presumably, Dungog.
Stubble Quail have been fairly easy to find in the Capertee Valley most of
the past spring and summer but when I was there a week and a half ago
there were more Stubble Quail calling than I had experienced in the valley
before.
The Capertee Valley went through an extremely dry period when there was
more or less no standing grass on many of the grazing properties. The
non-grazed blocks were faring a little better. Since the January -
February rains however there is now grass everywhere. Having breakfast on
the newly renovated cottage on Brymair (the north-western end of the
valley) I had Stubble Quail, Brown Quail, Brown Songlark, Singing Bushlark
and Pipit. In all I recorded 35 species from the cottage WITHOUT
venturing into the nearby regrowth.
This cottage overlooks a substantial Regent Honeyeater tree planting area.
I imagine the bird life will be fantastic once it gets up a little.
Cheers
David Geering
David Geering
Regent Honeyeater Recovery Coordinator
NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 2111
Dubbo NSW 2830
Ph: 02 6883 5335 or Freecall 1800 621 056
Fax: 02 6884 9382
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