Hello Birders,
This week I was given a birding offer I couldn?t refuse! It was Regent
Honeyeater Survey time again and David Geering National Co-ordinator, Regent
Honeyeater Recovery Program. Invited Timothy and me to join him on some of
the survey sites in the valley. (Timothy couldn?t make it, so David was left
with me) This was a great opportunity to see how the ?pros work?. We have
been doing surveys on our property as a part of the program for 5 years now;
the property was already a survey site.
I started my 45 min. survey at 7am and felt quite pleased with myself,
finding 9 Regents. I met up with David at Glen Alice Church he had done 2
sites; from there we surveyed 3 more sites and visited 2 others, no Regents
were found at these sites, but there were some real highlights. White-naped
Honeyeaters were the most abundant species of the day swirling around and
making it very difficult to count, most inconsiderate of them! Spotted
Pardalote with nesting material diving into a hole under a rock, a flock of
Diamond Firetails, Wonga Pigeons, a pair of Regents copulating, Brown
Treecreeper nesting, and the standout a Grey Currawong (a rare visitor to
the Valley), This bird was foraging in the ground litter, finding a large
piece of bark, it lifted the bark with a bit of a struggle until it was
upright and stable and then extracted a large spider from its? web. (Things
birds do when you don?t have a camera)
Unfortunately I couldn?t stay for the second day of surveys; Carol Probets
was coming to do day 2. (Looking forward to a report.)
This was a great experience, being with someone who knows the birds and area
so well and obviously enjoys bird watching.
Cheers
Lynda Hyde
My 24hr bird list
A. Wood Duck
A. Grebe
White-faced Heron
White-necked Heron
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Gang Gang Cockatoo
Galah
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Musk Lorikeet
Little Lorikeet
A. King Parrot
Crimson Parrot
Eastern Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Barking Owl
A. Owlet?nightjar
Laughing Kookaburra
White-throated Treecreeper
Brown Treecreeper (nesting)
Superb Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote (nesting)
Striated Pardalote
White Browed Scrubwren
Speckled Warbler
Weebill
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Striped Honeyeater
Noisy Friarbird
Regent Honeyeater (nesting)
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow Tufted Honeyeater
Fuscous Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Black-chinned Honeyeater
Brown-Headed Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Scarlet Honeyeater
Jacky Winter
Hooded Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
White-browed Babbler
Eastern Whipbird
Crested Shrike Tit
Golden Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie Lark
Grey Fantail
Willy Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Olive Backed Oriole
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
A. Magpie
Pied Currawong
Grey Currawong
A. Raven
White- winged Chough
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
Diamond Firetail
European Goldfinch
Mistletoebird
White-backed Swallow
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Silvereye
Common Starling
Lynda Hyde
PO Box 19
Hazelbrook NSW 2779
Australia
A Bird in the Hand
CDRom Photographic Guide to Identifying
Nestling Fledging & Juvinile Birds
of the Blue Mountains & Eastern States of Australia
http://www.achieving.com.au/bird.html
Phone 02 47 58 8961
Mobile 0408 97 95 94
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