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I am interested in finding an
area with breeding Diamond Firetails in the Central West of NSW, preferably
above 600m elevation to use as a reference area for a habitat improvement
project on a vineyard between Orange and Molong (near the Bell River).
Failing that, a good habitat description would help, even if not in this
region. I've got a bit of information about their food sources, but not
much on habitat at this elevation (lots on lower sites e.g. Dubbo, and archival
reports at Capertee etc., but that is not much help for this
area).
If anyone has any records (past
or present) for the Orange/Molong area that would be useful too. The
wildlife atlas is quite quiet in this respect. I've seen them just south
of Mount Canobolas (but not obviously breeding), but they seem to quite rare in
this district now, especially at the higher elevations that have been
predominantly cleared for grazing.
Thanks for your
help.
Cilla Kinross
Lecturer in Environmental
Management
University of Sydney, Orange
PO 883, ORANGE
NSW
2800
tel (bh) (02) 6360
5651
(ah) (02) 6365 8221
fax (02) 63 605
590
email:
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