I thought that they also occur around Dubbo (in Gonnoo SF) and I think I
heard of a recent sighting in the Capertee Valley (just over the Blue
Mountains) last month!
Edwin
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Sent: Tuesday, 4 July 2006 9:13 PM
To: Peter Ewin
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Subject: Spotted Nightjar near Grenfell (central west
NSW)
Peter,
I'm going to start a rush on the book to 2nd hand bookshops but -
Pizzey OLD again: Spotted Nightjar,
Distribution in part.... "in NSW east to Inverell - Wellington -
Cowra" so in by a good distance....
Best
Alan
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On 04 Jul 2006, at 21:04, Peter Ewin wrote:
On the weekend, I visited Weddin Mountains National Park on one of my
regular banding trips with Richard Allen. However, as I had a six
week old son in tow and the thought of camping in winter (as it
turned out in the rain) was not really appealing so Cate and I stayed
in a motel in Grenfell (about 15kms to the east). When I drove out on
Saturday morning I flushed a nightjar from the side of the road. By
the time I turned around to find it again, it had disappeared (and as
I wanted to get out before dawn) I didn't search too hard. The
interesting thing was that the obvious feature was the large white
wing flashes, which to me indicates Spotted Nightjar. We regularly
hear White-throated Nightjars at Weddins over the spring and summer
months, and the park would probably be the western edge of this
species' distribution at this latitude. However, we have never
recorded Spotted Nightjar and looking at the NPWS Atlas sight (I have
changed jobs so don't have access to all the data currently at work)
there are few records of this species from the central west slopes.
HANZAB says east to Cowra/Temora/Wagga Wagga (whic probably runs
through Grenfell) but not certain how many recent records from this
area.
Admittedly the sighting was very brief, though the wing spots were
very clear in the headlights and White-throated should be well north
at this time of year, so I am confident of the ID. Habitat was a
rocky ridge with Mugga Ironbark forest.
Would be interested in any comments.
Cheers,
Peter
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