Hi all
Back from my Cunnamulla trip of 18-24 July so here's the first part. A
purpose of the trip was to assist my sister with her PhD in arid lands
research as well as have a break and see new country. On the way I stayed
overnight at her home in Ravensbourne (near Toowoomba) where her house is in
the bush and there are no cats or dogs! White-browed Scrubwrens, Superb
Fairywrens and Red-browed Finches regularly hop around on the verandahs of
the house. The garden shrubs are loaded with the nests of finches and
honeyeaters. My bird list of 38 species is below.
Of interest was the Striated Pardalote race melanocephalus which is a much
more striking bird, and seems to have a bigger voice, than the race ornatus
that I am accustomed to from NSW. The White-browed Scrubwren wasn't easy to
sort out and the Schodde & Mason directory shows that the Ravensbourne area
should contain an intergrade between races laevigaster from the north and
tweedi from the south. The birds appeared more colourful than the race
frontalis from central coastal NSW.
To Cunnamulla next...
Cheers
Colin Driscoll
White-faced Heron
Australian Magpie
Pied Butcherbird
Galah
Masked Lapwing
Eastern Whipbird
White-throated Treecreeper
Bar-shouldered Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Grey Fantail
Magpie-lark
Willie Wagtail
Laughing Kookaburra
Superb Fairy-wren
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Lewin's Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
White-naped Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Varied Sittella
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
White-browed Scrubwren
Red-browed Finch
Eastern Yellow Robin
Rose Robin
Australasian Grebe
Australian King-Parrot
Little Lorikeet
Pale-headed Rosella
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
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Colin Driscoll
Environmental Biologist
P.O. Box 1047
Toronto NSW 2283
Australia
phone/fax +61 2 49598016
Mobile 0438 773029
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