Hi Steve and others
When I was at Richmondvale
(about 20km west of Newcastle CBD) just before the Easter long weekend, there
was also a lot of good flowering activity with loads of Little Lorikeets and
Honeyeaters. This location also has Turquoise Parrots and some other interesting
woodland species which may also be worth checking out.
Edwin
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[ On Behalf Of steve roderick
Sent: Friday, 10 June 2005 4:23 PM
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Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Swifties in
the Hunter!
Exciting times in
the hunter valley at the moment in terms of Swift Parrots. In the last couple
of weeks I have personally found many pockets of Swifts around the
Cessnock/Kurri Kurri region. 21/5, 9 birds in Pelton S.F., 24/5, 25 birds in
Werekata N.P. near Abermain, 7 & 10 on repeat visits, 7/6, 63 birds
at Pelton S.F., I visited this location again on 8/6 and walked a 300m line
moving 20-30ms either side and counted 84 Swifts. They were still there this
morning. A bonus on Wednesday were 3 Regent Honeyeaters at the same location.
All these birds are
using flowering Spotted Gum at some time, but they are also lerping in Spotted
Gum, Broad leaved Ironbark and Grey Box (E. Mollucana). Little Lorys are
constant companions along with a variable swag of other honeyeaters and
insectivorous birds. The birding is extremely busy around these areas at the
moment. Spotted Gum is flowering heavily and has not done so since 2000 where
we also had large numbers of Swifts and Regents. The lack of any reports from
Swamp Mahogany and the heavy flowering Spotted Gum, tells me this will be the
upper Hunters year. Regents will come but most likely a bit later.
While out in the
field many species are around withmany Painted Button Quail seen, 4 groups in
and hour totalling 8 birds with a group of 4. These guys are everywhere I
go,other good birds are Black-chinned Honeyeaters, Spotted Quail-Thrush,
Speckled Warblers, Sitellas, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Rose Robins and many
more. A great sighting was 1 possibly 2 Turquoise Parrots at Quarrabolong, a
great eastern record for the Hunter.
Anyway I'll be out
some time this weekend, I'll keep you infromed, hopefully with more Regents. If
anyone does get out and sees Swifts in the Hunter could you let me know for
HBOC records and so I know the whereabouts in my own area.
HBOC Swift Parrot/Regent
Honeyeater Coordinatoor
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