Fwd: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Best spots

["david taylor" <>]

A serious contender for the most prolific birding spot in Sth East Queensland -

Inskip Point ( gateway to Fraser Island ). I wasnt on the trip but a recent Birds Queensland camp recorded 94 species in a one square kilometre area including Black Breasted Button Quails!

cheers

David Taylor

>From: Frank O'Connor <>

>To:

>Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Best spots

>Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:00:30 +0800

>

>At 18:46 31/03/2002 +1000, Ralph Reid wrote:

>>Would birding-aus readers care to nominate their candidate

>>locations for the

>>most 'prolific' birding spots in each State; that is, the

>>location/s where

>>the greatest number of species are located within the smallest

>>area?

>

>Do you mean standing in one spot? Or within say 30 minutes walking

>from

>one spot? Or a 5km radius? Or say a boat on Lake Argyle (about 20

>times

>or so bigger than Sydney Harbour)?

>

>The best places that I can think of easily in WA are :

>

>Parry Lagoons near Wyndham (north east Kimberley) 2 hours

>Broome Sewage Ponds (west Kimberley) 1 hour

>Crab Creek Mangroves (Broome) 1 to 2 hours

>Lake Eda (Broome) 1 to 2 hours

>Herdsman Lake (Perth) 1 hour

>Alfred Cove (Perth) 1 hour

>Eric Singleton Nature Reserve (Bayswater, Perth) 0.5 to 1 hour

>Lake McLarty (Pinjarra) 1 to 2 hours

>

>Derby Sewage Ponds would have been included but most of the water is

>now

>being diverted to the gold course. You could get 60 to 80 species

>in 2

>hours there before, but now it might only be 40 or 50.

>

>I don't have number of species close at hand but it would range from

>50+ at

>Bayswater / Alfred Cove / Herdsman Lake to 80 to 100 at Parry

>Lagoons. At

>the right time of year of course when the migrants are present.

>

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