Tallaganda - pink robin, olive whistler, quoll

I spent Sunday (2 October) down in a
favourite area of mine in SE NSW. I birded in Tallaganda National Park,
Tallaganda State Forest, Gourock NP, Badja Swamps NR & Deua NP (along
the Minuma Range Fire Trail in the Woila-Deua Wilderness Area).

Of interest was a single male Pink
Robin in a wet gully in Tallaganda SF. Beautiful to finally see one
locally after seeing so many in Tassie the week before.
I stayed around until 8pm spotlighting
for Tiger Quolls and finally tracked one down in the car lights
along White Ash Rd in heavily logged land. By the time I jumped out with
a torch it had slinked away under some fallen timber. At least 3 Greater
Gliders were also high up in the trees along the road.

Other birds included several Olive
Whistlers along Slap Up FT in Gourock NP. Eastern Whipbirds
at many locations including in some tea-tree scrub around a dam just below
the peak of Mt Tumanmang. While over the summit itself 2 Wedge-tailed
Eagles soared. Spotted Quail-thrushes along Flat Range FT and
Bald Peak Rd. Also Crescent Honeyeaters, Superb Lyrebirds,
Fan-tailed Cuckoos, a Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Gang-gang
Cockatoos & Flame Robins. I watched a Grey Currawong
making a very strange grating call and then its mate would reply with the
same call. It was a new call for me.

During the day I counted 3 Echidnas,
4 Wombats, and innumerable Red-necked Wallabies and Swamp
Wallabies. And the drive back along Anembo Rd was slow going as I had
to stop many times for wildlife including roos, 3 Wombats, 1 Ringtail
Possum and a Southern Boobook perched on the road.

Cheers

Marnix Zwankhuizen
Ngunnawal ACT

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