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Birding in Jindabyne NSW

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Subject: Birding in Jindabyne NSW
From: "Kurtis Lindsay" <>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:58:30 +1100
Hi all,
 
Came back from a stay in Jindabyne from 19/3/06 to the 24/3/06.
 
Weather was fine but the area is currently quite dry and there is a present outburst of locusts in the region.
 
Went Birdwatching everyday on the Golfcourse on the Sport & Recreation centre grounds.
 Saw the following species (not in taxonomic order):-
 
Dusky Woodswallow good numbers throughout the week
Magpie seen everyday
Little Raven seen in small flocks
Crimson Rosella Many young birds with Green plumage
Pipit-seen in good numbers
Silvereye
Restless Flycatcher
Diamond Firetail a small flock seen on to seperate days
Willie Wagtail
White-eared Honeyeater induvidual birds seen on three occassions
Yellow-rumped Thornbill small flocks
Grey Fantail by the creek
Red-browed Firetail by the creek
Superb Fairywren by the creek
Pied Currawong small numbers flying through
Redrumped Parrot
Yellow Faced Honeyeater goodnumbers feeding on the freshly blooming snowgums
Rufous Whistler
Stubble Quail flushed from long grass on hillside overlooking lake
White-faced Heron flew over
Brown Treecreeper one seen on three occassions
Little Eagle Pale morph perching in large eucalypt.
Goldfinch large numbers
Grey Shrike-thrush x1 by the creek
White-bellied Cuckooshrike- by the creek
White-throated Treecreeper
White-fronted Chat- small flocks
Laughing Kookaburra
Australian Raven x 1
Starling
Gang Gang Cockatoo x5 flying over
Striated Pardalote
Galah
Sacred Kingfisher- one seen on two seperate days, did not call
Black Faced Cuckooshrike- small flock passing through
Spotted Pardalote-by creek
 
Walked up Mt Kosciuszko from Thredbo Villiage on the 21st and saw the following species:-
White-browed Scrubwren by thredbo reiver
Coot Thredbo River
Little Raven Flock of over 300 on the summit of Mt Kosciuszko,  flying in almost complete uniform.
Pipit Huge flock of over 100 on Summit
Wooduck Thredbo River
Emu x3 in the NP
 
Lake Jindabyne 22/3/06:-
Sacred Ibis pair
Straw-necked Ibis pair
Black fronted Dotteral pair
White-fronted Chat- flock on bank
Maned Wooduck
Blackduck
Little Pied Cormorant
Pipit on bank
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo flew past
Masked lapwing x4
White-faced heron perching
 
Kurtis Lindsay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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