Annie & I spent Easter at the White Box Camp in the Goulburn River National
Park, 330 km north west of Sydney. There was only one other camper here. It
was very dry and many grasshoppers were about. From the entrance to the
campground on the Ringwood Road, going south 300 metres there is a farm dam
and we spent each evening sitting watching the visitors. Also around here
are lots of blossoming and about to blossom Mugga Ironbark. These are
potential trees for the Regent Honeyeater which we recorded in this area on
7-6-98. It would be nice if someone went there on the Anzac weekend and
report what else is seen.
We recorded many species of honeyeater in these trees and none were calling
so it was a case of watching for new species. During the day we did a trip
to Lees Pinch lookout. Glossy Black Cockatoos are common near here and
there was one beside the road and I took this shot
http://www.pbase.com/image/27906118. Lees Pinch walk is easy and worth
taking the camera.
On the way we saw about 12 White Backed Swallows feeding above the road.
Interestingly they came down to a squeak.
Another day we drove to Wollar and on to the other campgrounds in the park
at Spring Gully and Big River. These were very full. On the way we
encountered lots of grasshoppers and a flock of 20+ Black faced Cuckoo
Shrikes and 6 Kestrels feeding on them. At O'Brien's Crossing we saw lots
of finches and a Brown Goshawk.
Here is the bird list:
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Crested Pigeon Geophaps lophotes
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
Galah Eolophus roseicapillus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittatus
Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops
Fuscous Honeyeater Lichenostomus fuscus
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Jacky-winter Microeca fascinans
Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Gray Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica
White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Gray Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Gray Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Australasian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosternus
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis
Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
72 SPECIES
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