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Hi all,
From the 3rd to the 10th January went birding up in
the Rainforest around Mullumbimby in the Byron Shire.
Saw many species during the duration of the trip in
a few limited locations, as no stops were made on
the train trip up there from Sydney.
Weather was warm,wet and humid most of the
week.
Species seen on the property I was staying at which
is approximately 100 acres of subtropical rainforest regrowth included
Wedgetailed Eagle
Pacific Baza
Brush Turkey
Masked lapwing
Pacific Black Duck
White-faced Heron
Dusky Moorhen
Brush Cuckoo
Channel Billed Cuckoo x 3 flying over the
valley
Common Koel (seen once)
King parrot
Rainbow Lorikeet
Galah
Eastern Rosella
Scaly Breasted Lorikeet
Wonga Pigeon
Crested Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Rosecrowned Fruitdove
Emerald ground
Dove
Bar Shouldered Dove-Courting pairs
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Dollarbird
Boobook (calling at night)
Welcome Swallow
Blackfaced Cuckooshrike
Varied triller
Cicadabird
Eastern Yellow Robin
Rufous Shrike Thrush
Spectacled Monarch
White-eared Monarch-pair
Restless Flycatcher
Rufous Fantail
Willie-wagtail
Eastern Whipbird
Logrunner
Superb Fairywren
Variegated Fairywren-nesting
White-browed Scrubwren
Largebilled Scrubwren
Brown Thornbill
White-throated Treecreeper
Noisy friarbird
Bluefaced Honeyeaters
Noisy Miner
Silvereye
Mistletoe Bird- multiple courting pairs due to high
mistletoe presence
Redbrowed Finch-nesting
Figbird
Drongo-nesting
Peewee
White-breasted Woodswallow
Pied Currawong
Pied Butcherbird
Magpie
Torresian Crow
Brown Honeyeater,Brush Wattlebird-Byron
Headland,Sacred & Strawnecked Ibis,Common Myna, Treemartin,Grey
Butcherbird-Roadside,3 calling Eastern curlew,oriole-Brunswick
heads
Reptiles and Amphibians seen included (Asian
House Gecko-Brunswick),Carpet Python,Green Tree Snake,Yellowfaced
Whipsnake,Carlia sp,Macquarie Turtle,(Byron headland-Egernia frerei,Ctenotus
sp)
11 species of Frog- Litoria peronii,L.gracilenta,L.cerulea,L.fallax,L.latapalmata,
L.lesuerii,L.chloris,L dentata, Psedophryne coriacea,Limnodynastes peronii,Bufo
marinus.
Mammals- Swamp Wallaby,Fox,Northern Brown
Bandicoot,Koala,Little Red Flying Fox,Mountain Brushtail Possum,Bush
Rat.
Regards,
Kurtis Lindsay
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