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Trip Report, Mullumbimby,Far North NSW

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Subject: Trip Report, Mullumbimby,Far North NSW
From: "warragal" <>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:50:33 +1100
Hi all,
 
Came back from a great weeks holiday,staying at a semi-subtropical rainforest property in a town called Durrumbul on Main Arm rd, Mullumbimby.
 
Left on the train from Hornsby on Friday the 16th at 7:47am and arrived at 8:00pm that night. 
While travelling I started a list North of Wyee, from there on some of the birds I saw included.(not in Tax order)
 
White-breasted Woodswallow
Wedgetailed Eagle
Black winged Stilt
Fairy Martin
White-bellied Sea-eagle
Figbird
Forest Raven?
 
When arrived at destination at 8:30pm
Heard Sooty Owls and Black Flying Foxes.
 
The next day Went to Rocky Creek Dam and saw Pale Yellow Robins,Catbird,Logrunners,Large Billed Scrubwrenm and a Red Legged Pademelon(mammal) but due to lack of time didn't get to do the full walk into Night Cap NP.
 
 
Over the week at the property saw the following species (the Rainforest Birds on the hillsides,the Grassland Birds out the front and the Water Birds on the River)
 
Spangled Drongo
Eastern Yellow Robin
Brown Thornbill
Large-billed Scrubwren
Logrunner
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Red Backed fairywren
Bar Shouldered Dove
Whipbird
Rose crowned fruitdove
Lewins Honeyeater
Figbird
Brush Turkey
Red Browed Finch
Restless Flycatcher
Rainbow Beeeater
Laughing Kookaburra
Pacific Black Duck
White-browed Scrubwren
Peewee
Sacred Kingfisher
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet
Nankeen Night Heron
Mistletoe Bird
Chestnut Mannikin
Dusky Moorhen
Wooduck
Masked lapwing
Tree martin
Black faced Cuckoo Shrike
Varied Triller
Spectacled Monarch
Toressian Crow
Australian Magpie
Wonga Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Welcome Swallow
Willie-wagtail
Rufous Fantail
Silvereye
Noisy Miner
Pied Butcherbird
Grey Butcherbird
Cattle Egret
Crested Pigeon
Rufous Shrikethrush
Brush Cuckoo
Galah
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo
Common Koel
Channel Billed Cuckoo
Spotted Turtle Dove
Pheasant Coucal
White-faced Heron
Emerald Ground Dove
Cattle Egret
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrkethrush
Grey fantail
Sooty Owl
Scarlet Honeyeater
Striated Pardalote
White-throated Treecreeper
Pied Currawong
Superb Fairywren
Cicada Bird
Tawny Frogmouth
Pacific Baza
White-eared Monarch
Grey Goshawk
White-breatsed Woodswallow
Australian King Parrot
Black faced Monarch
Bluefaced Honeyeater
 
Mammal Species
Red Necked Pademelon 
Swamp Wallaby
Wild Dog
 
Reptile and ampibians
Cane Toad
Green Tree Snake
Goanna
Golden Crowned Snake
Eastern Long Necked Turtle
 
On the trip back to Sydney from 10:43pm-10:57am on the 24-25th Some of the Birds seen Included (list satrted  a couple of Sations before Dungog)
Whistling-Kite
Channel Billed Cuckoo
Pheasant Coucal
White-necked Heron
White-winged Cough
Wedge-tailed Eagle
 
Cheers,
Kurtis Lindsay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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