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Greetings,
I know some of you in the Bcc were not approached
for sponsorship, but look out next year! For many this is sent for your
information. To our sponsors we say thanks. The main reason for entering was to
have fun and we achieved that in spades. Winning the beginners section and
coming equal fourth overall was a good performance.
Regards,
Alan Gillanders
Twitchathon 2003 Report to Sponsors
"Tuck Al Barrys"
Total Birds 160
Our team consisted of Clayton Barry, Peter Tuck and Alan Gillanders. The list
below indicates where the birds were first seen during the Twitch.. One can
observe to some degree the functioning of the law of diminishing returns. Birds
seen while driving are placed in the closest area. More time was spent in the
Yungaburra / Lake Barrine area than anywhere else. This included spotlighting
which produced only three new birds. Some birds were seen and or heard by all
members of the team, but not at the some time, so did not make it to the list.
Some common birds were not seen or heard. We feel confident of making a
significant improvement to our score if we enter next year.
Walkamin/Mareeba Area
Black Swan, Pacific Black Duck , Grey Teal ,
Hardhead ,Australasian Grebe, Darter Little Pied Cormorant, Great Egret
Intermediate Egret, Australian White Ibis Straw-necked Ibis, Black Kite
Whistling Kite, Masked Lapwing, Peaceful Dove Bar-shouldered Dove, Red-tailed
Black-Cockatoo, Pale-headed Rosella, Brush Cuckoo, Dollarbird, Welcome Swallow,
Yellow Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Magpie-Lark, Willie Wagtail,
Spangled Drongo, Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike, White-winged Triller,
Australian Magpie, Torresian Crow, House Sparrow, Double-barred Finch, Common
Myna
Cairns Esplanade
Australian Pelican, Brahminy Kite, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit,
Eastern Curlew, Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Red-necked
Stint, Pacific Golden Plover, Red-capped Plover, Silver Gull , Gull-billed Tern
, Caspian Tern, Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon), Spotted Turtle-Dove, Pied
Imperial-Pigeon, Rainbow Lorikeet, Laughing Kookaburra, Helmeted Friarbird,
Lewin's Honeyeater, Varied Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater, Mangrove Robin,
Figbird, White-breasted Woodswallow, Black Butcherbird, Yellow-bellied Sunbird,
Nutmeg Mannikin, Metallic Starling
Cairns Central Swamp
Australian Brush-turkey, Orange-Footed Scrub Fowl, Magpie
Goose, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Little Egret, Royal Spoonbill, Brown
Cuckoo-Dove, Emerald Dove, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Double-eyed Fig-Parrot,
Channel-billed Cuckoo, Blue-winged Kookaburra, Forest Kingfisher, Rainbow
Bee-Eater, Brown-backed Honeyeater, Dusky Honeyeater, Grey Fantail , Yellow
Oriole, Silvereye
Yungaburra/Lake Barrine
Plumed Whistling Duck, Australian Wood Duck, Cotton Pygmy-goose, Pink-eared
Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Little Black Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Cattle
Egret, Nankeen Night Heron, Black-shouldered Kite, Common Sandpiper,
Black-winged Stilt, Australian Pratincole, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Australian
King Parrot, Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo, Common Koel, Pheasant Coucal, Lesser
Sooty Owl, Barn Owl, Large-tailed Nightjar, White-rumped Swiflet, White-throated
(Little) Treecreeper, Large-billed Scrubwren, Brown Gerygone, Fairy Gerygone,
MacLeay's Honeyeater, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Pale-yellow Robin, Eastern
Yellow Robin, Grey-headed Robin, Chowchilla,
Eastern Whipbird, Golden Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Little
Shrike-Thrush ,Bower's Shrike-Thrush, Barred Cuckoo-Shrike,
Spotted Catbird, Tooth-Billed Bowerbird, Mistletoe Bird, Tawny
Grassbird, Golden-headed Cisticola
Crater/Longlands Gap
Grey Goshawk, Mountain Thornbill, Bridled Honeyeater, Pied Currawong, Singing
Bushlark, Richard's Pipit, Golden Bowerbird,
Kaban
Brown Quail, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Wood Sandpiper, Little Curlew,
Black-fronted Dotterel, Red-kneed Dotterel, Sacred Kingfisher, Noisy Friarbird,
Blue-faced Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Leaden Flycatcher, White-bellied
Cuckoo-Shrike, Varied Triller, Dusky Woodswallow
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