Hi Birders,
A word of warning about the ease of finding both the Kakadoon and Carpentian
Grasswrens at Mt isa. If you look back in the archives for May 2003 (Great
Grasswren Hunt) you will see that Robin Benson and I made 4 seperate trips
of 3-4 hours duration to Mica Creek/Sibella Creek area looking for the
Kalkadoon Grasswrens before achieving success not far from the old burnt out
car on a ridge close to the main road. Other people have not even been that
lucky! The squeaking only worked once we came upon the birds and it helped
to hold them close so we got good looks, it certainly did not help finding
them in the first place. We found them in no other location!
Three weeks ago we were passing Mica Creek enroute to Boulia and so we
stopped for half an hour to see if we could find them again at the site
where we found them previously and had no luck! Yet at Bladensberg NP at
Winton the following day we had instant success in finding the
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren & Spinifexbirds, which on the first occasion took
much effort.
Alan Morris
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