PAGE 3: Trip highlights: Bris->Katoomba->Bris

[Judith Lukin-Amundsen <>]

Then, some particular birds and places:

        Official First Bird Seen for the journey was a handsome male Superb Fairy-wren at the OzFuel petrol station on the highway at Purga Creek.

        At Bald Rock (first Official Stop!):  Red-rumped Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Double-barred Finch, Common Bronzewing, Brown Thornbill, Red-browed Firetail.

        Tenterfield: Little Ravens, near the tip: a group near a group of Torresian Crows? - but behaving and sounding different.

        South from there, a Little Eagle...

        Nearby lagoon (name?): Crimson Rosellas becoming greener?; Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Yellow-rumped Thornbill (rest of the record here lost to travel-damage!).

        Mother of Ducks lagoon at Guyra: Red Wattlebird - with its beautiful yellow belly glowing!

        Dangars Lagoon, outside Uralla: What a terrific place this is, even at the end of March. Swamp Harrier as I drove in, then, along the dirt road on the northern side, three Whistling Kites, two seeming to mate, and with a nest in the eucalypt before the pines.  LOTS of waterbirds here, including Black Swans, one of whom was on a mound... And Fairy Martins.

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Judith
Lukin-Amundsen
S-E Qld
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