Morgan,
I was up at Lamington a few weeks back. As Tom suggests, the entrance to
O'Reilly's Guest-house would be good, but I found it not to be as dependable
as it was a couple of years back.
In August I found by far the best way to good views (i.e. eating out of your
hand) of Regent Bowerbirds is to get at the feeding area at dawn (the
feeding area is to the right of the road, between the carpark and
O'Reillys), take some sultanas and hold your hand out! Dawn is essential as
the Regent and Satin Bowerbirds get frightened off by the parrots later in
the morning and very rarely come to the feeding post (although the Satin
Bowerbirds can be seen around the campsite all day) for the rest of the day.
In fact I found that the Regent Bowerbirds cleared off from the feeding area
after less than an hour after sunrise (and were also absent from the
entrance to O'Reillys), so get there early. Oh and take a camera - standard
lens, no zoom - you won't need it :-)
Good luck,
Graham
On 10/2/06, Tom Tarrant <> wrote:
Hi Morgan,
Just go to the entrance of O'Reilly's Guest-house with a handful of
sultanas!
Seriously though, you shouldn't have a problem with this species....let me
know how you go with Rufous Scrub-bird at Bithongabel (a different story
entirely....)
Tom
On 10/2/06, Morgan Saint <> wrote:
>
>
> Hello all birders - here is my first foray into the crazy world of
> extreme twitching..., well, the first I'm willing to admit to
> anyway... there was that OBP a couple years ago and a very endearing
> encounter with a forty-spotted pardalote before that but I digress -
> I'd LOVE to include the Regent Bowerbird as a tick on my life list
and
> seeing's I'm going to Lamington NP on 11th Oct - I just might have an
> opportunity...any tips?
> I'll be there for about 3 days, yes, that's 72 hours and my itinerary
> is completely in your hands fellow twitchers - whatdilidbee?
>
> Morgs
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