Mick,
I've also recorded Pilotbirds in a number of locations in the
Wollemi. From memory the furthest north I've found them is Mt Kerry
which is another basalt cap, about 10km north of Mt Coricudgy.
Cheers
Carol
At 6:05 PM +1000 5/10/05, Mick Roderick wrote:
Hi David,
We were on the Hunter Main Trail (a wilderness fire trail managed
for walkers only or on bicycle by permission...but you end up
walking quite a bit even if you are on bicycle!). Yes, I wasn't
surprised to find several Pilotbirds in the basalt cap of Coricudgy
(as well as Monundilla, which I think is also another big basalt
island...much more engulfed by sandstone than Coricudgy even).
But we encountered Pilotbirds in the majority of wetter sandstone
gully areas, generally where tall wet sclerophyll forests prevailed.
So they are definitely not restricted to the basalt stuff. I think
you're correct about them being more common than we realise in large
reserves...and the same goes for many species, including things like
Masked and Barking Owls I would imagine. If a 'living fossil' tree
can remain undiscovered for so long, there must be fauna in there
that has evaded science too (a new bird species in Wollemi/Yengo,
now there's an exciting prospect!!).
Paul / Irene - that record from the Watagans is very interesting,
thanx - i know exactly where you're talking about too, time for a
stake-out.
I look forward to other info from anyone else on this topic.
Thanx again,
Mick Roderick
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