Had to travel back to Sydney to undertake the first of two weeks of surveys
in the catchments behind Wollongong (specifically Avon, Nepean, and for
Thursday/Friday Cataract and Cordeaux). This is the fifth year in a six year
post fire survey. Having not been in the area before that week, the dates
may have been earlier for these species, but the first sightings of spring
migrants were as follows:
Black-faced Monarch Mon 3/10
White-throated Nightjar Mon 3/10
Leaden Flycatcher Tue 4/10
Olive-backed Oriole Tue 4/10
Sacred Kingfisher Wed 5/10
Channel-billed Cuckoo Thur 6/10 (though I was told the first record of this
and Common Koel in Wollongong was on the 12/9)
Lots of Fan-tailed & Shining Bronze Cuckoos, but no Pallids (we usually get
most of them in Woronora)
No records of Brush Cuckoo, Cicadabird or Rufous Fantail, though I didn't
spend huge amounts of time in the right habitat.
Other good species were Chestnut-rumped Hylacola, great views of a female
Painted Button-quail and a single Beautiful Firetail.
There appeared to be lots of flocks of Silvereyes moving through, which I
hadn't noticed in previous years.
Cheers,
Peter
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