Hi Birders,
I've just completed a 3 week twitch from Melbourne to SW Qld to Alice
Springs and back via Adelaide and Port Fairy.
Birding details are as follows:-
TARGETS
Red-tailed Black-cockatoo Ssp grapogyne, Sandy Track west of Casterton
Crimson Rosella Ssp subadelaide, Telowie Gorge CP
Blue Bonnet Ssp heamatorrhous, 50k south of Cobar
Banded Whiteface 5.8k east of Marla (150m north of borrow pit)
Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ssp plumus, 27k past Alice Springs airport on Santa
Teresa road
Grey Honeyeater Kunoth Well - 3.5k up and 50m north of HDYC road,(refer
T&T)
White Browed Babbler Kunoth Well - 7k up and 300m north of HDYC
road,(refer T&T)
Pied Currawong Ssp ashbyi, 20k west of Heywood
Singing Bushlark Ssp secunda, 5k east of Port Germein
OTHER INTERESTING SIGHTINGS
Grey Falcon Eulo Bore
Black Falcon Diamentina NP road - 48k north of
Windorah/Bedourie road
Black Falcon 38k from Boulia on Outback Highway to Alice
Springs
Ruddy Turnstone Port Germein
Inland Dotterel 0.5k south of gate to Diamentina NP (coming
from Windorah)
Flock Bronzewing Diamentina NP road - 50k north of
Windorah/Bedourie road
Flock Bronzewing 23k from Boulia on Outback Highway to Alice
Springs
Black-eared Cuckoo 25k north of Port Augusta
Splendid Fairy-wren Many nesting pairs at Kunoth Well
Southern Emu-wren Bank of Glenelg River at Myaring Bridge north
of Dartmoor
Slaty-backed Thornbill Kunoth Well
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface 32k north of Marla
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface 12k south of Coober Pedy(refer Ken Rogers
27/8/02 Birding-aus)
Whitefaces The 3 species seen in one morning north and
west of Marla
Grey-fronted Honeyeater Common at Telowie Gorge CP
Gibberbird Near Ranger's Headquarters, Diamentina NP
Southern Scrub-robin Common at Telowie Gorge CP
Halls Babbler 40k south of Quilpie
Cinnamon Quail-thrush 21k north of Erldunda,(refer T&T)
Gruond Cuckoo-shrike 25k north of Port Augusta
TARGETS MISSED
Letter-winged Kite (no info for specific sites),
Ostrich and ssp's of White-browed Treecreeper, Chestnut-rumped Heathwren,
Rufous Fieldwren and
Chestnut Quail-thrush (all 'dipped' in cold rainy conditions)
Special thanks to Geoff Walker and Barry Bucholtz for their details of
hotspots for the targets.
Regards
Frank Pierce
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