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Monga NP (Southeast NSW) - 30 Sept 2007 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Subject: Monga NP (Southeast NSW) - 30 Sept 2007 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:20:21 +1000
Four intrepid souls travelled to Monga National Park today for some
bushwalking & birding. This park lies atop the coastal escarpment just off
the Kings Highway between Braidwood and Bateman's Bay. Despite the strong
winds across the region we were lucky enough to be quite sheltered on the
edge of the escarpment.

Highlights of the trip included an abundance of ROSE ROBINS, with males
seen on 4 separate occasions plus a female carrying nesting material and
then being courted by another male. Only metres away a female CRESTED
SHRIKE-TIT also was busy building a nest. PILOTBIRDS were heard all day but
not seen this time. One of us was lucky enough to see a BASSIAN THRUSH on
the Waratah Walk.

Honeyeaters recorded were CRESCENT HONEYEATER, LEWIN'S HONEYEATER,
BROWN-HEADED HONEYEATER, WHITE-NAPED HONEYEATER, YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER
and EASTERN SPINEBILL.

We all had close up views of a male OLIVE WHISTLER. A further 3 were seen
later. We watched some unusual behaviour when, on more than one occasion,
an adult EASTERN WHIPBIRD moved high up into the branches of a Eucalypt to
forage on Ants(?).

Other birds included several BROWN GERYGONES and SUPERB LYREBIRDS. A
possible Shining Bronze-Cuckoo was heard. There was also a flattened glider
on the road - in my opinion it looked like a young Greater Glider, but it
was difficult to id.

Cheers

Marnix Zwankhuizen
Senior Analyst/Programmer
Java Enterprise Technology
IT Branch
Australian Electoral Commission

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