My dad after about 17 years is about to sell his business, so I took the
advantage while I was on holidays to go on a three day tour with him. I had
been on various parts of the tour in the past, but this was the first time I
had done the whole trip. The itinerary was as follows:
Day 1
Left home (Crystal Creek near Murwillumbah) before dawn
Drove to Brisbane to pick up the customers.
Headed via Ipswich, Cunningham's Gap to Warwick.
Stopped at a winery near Stanthorpe
Visited Girraween NP and climbed the Pyramids
Vsited a farm near Tenterfield and stayed in a motel in this town
Day 2
North from Tenterfield to Bald Rock
Lunch at Boonoo Boonoo National Park
Via back roads to Drake then through Richmond Range National Park to
Toonumbar Dam.
Day 3
Into Kyogle then on to Border Ranges National Park
Walked through Brindle Creek and Antarctic Beech Picnis Area and lunched at
Blackbutt Lookout.
Down into Murwillumbah where I was met by my mum and out to home (could have
gone to Brisbane and back like Dad but he still hasn't returned).
The weather was pretty hot and humid so generally not great birdwatching
weather (particularly today up in the rainforest). 133 species recorded
(list below) with a few obvious missing species (like waterbirds and a few
rainforest species). Nothing specatacular, but a good variety of north coast
species.
Highlights were Cockatiel east of Aratula (escapee?), Plum-headed Finch at
Ballandean, Diamond Firetail near Tenterfield, Red-browed Treecreeper at
Bald Rock car park, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike and White-throated Nightjar
at Toonumbar Dam and Paradise Riflebird at Brindle Creek. Rufous Bettong in
Richmond Range NP was a new species of mammal.
Give me a yell if you want any details on any species.
Cheers,
Peter
Australian Wood Duck
Black Swan
Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Australasian Grebe
Darter
Australian Pelican
White-faced Heron
Cattle Egret
Straw-necked Ibis
Australian White Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Black-shouldered Kite
Brahminy Kite
Brown Goshawk
Brown Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Dusky Moorhen
Masked Lapwing
Silver Gull
Spotted Turtle-dove
Feral Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Brown Cuckoo-dove
Topknot Pigeon
Common Bronzewing
Wonga Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Australian King-parrot
Cockatiel
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Common Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Pheasant Coucal
Southern Boobook
White-throated Nightjar
Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Dollarbird
Albert?s Lyrebird
White-throated Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
Superb Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
White-browed Scrubwren
Yellow-throated Scrubwren
Large-billed Scrubwren
Brown Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Weebill
Red Wattlebird
Noisy Friarbird
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Lewin?s Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Scarlet Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin
Logrunner
Eastern Whipbird
Varied Sittella
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Black-faced Monarch
Leaden Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Willie Wagtail
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
Olive-backed Oriole
Figbird
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Magpie-lark
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Paradise Riflebird
Spangled Drongo
Australian Raven
Torresian Crow
White-winged Chough
Green Catbird
Satin Bowerbird
Australian Pipit
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
Diamond Firetail
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Plum-headed Finch
House Sparrow
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Fairy Martin
Australian Reed-warbler
Rufous Songlark
Golden-headed Cisticola
Silvereye
Common Starling
Common Myna
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