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Went for a drive to Cowra and into Conimbla National Park today. To begin
the day there were a group of ten Superb Parrots on the outskirts of Cowra on
the Wyangala Dam road, a new tick for me. The into Conimbla NP I went and
wandered along the Wallaby and Ironbark tracks. I found the Ironbark track was
the better of the two tracks for birds, particularly for western birds. The
variety of habitat including heath was excellent, (I
almost thought I was back in the Royal NP with the heath). Birds seen in
Conimbla NP included:-
Common Bronzewing
Turquoise Parrot
White Throated Treecreeper
Brown Treecreeper
Western Gerygone
Buff Rumped Thronbill
White Eared Honeyeater
Yellow Tufted Honeyeater
White Naped Honeyeater
Brown Headed Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin
Rufous Whistler
Restless Flycatcher
With some more time up my sleeve I decided to head up to Forbes and pop
into Back Yamma SF. Spent the late afternoon avoiding motorbikes and the cattle
that were grazing throughout the forest. Birding highlights here
were:-
Inland Thornbill (new for me)
Speckled Warbler
Red Capped Robin
Hooded Robin
Grey Crowned Babbler
White Breasted Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
The woodswallows were circling together high in the sky. I spent the last
fifteen minutes in the state forest watching an Echidna poking around under
logs.
Regards Steve Gross
Orange NSW
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