After Dan Mantle's excellent report last weekend Marie and I decided to join
the 'pilgrimage' and try to see a species which Marie hadn't seen and I had
only one sighting (18 years ago!)
We were successful and probably saw up to ten birds at various locations and
were even shown a nest at Site 5 by a group of Toowoomba birdos including
Plaxy Barratt, Mick Atzeni and Michael Wood . Sadly we 'dipped' on the
reported Pied Honeyeaters but had great views of Black. White-winged
Trillers are all over this area and there appeared to be many Pallid Cuckoos
in attendance. I presume the Trillers are the cuckoos choice of hosts?
Other species seldom seen in our part of the world were Black-faced,
White-browed and Masked Woodswallow, Diamond Dove, Plum-headed Finch,
Red-backed Kingfisher and Singing Honeyeater.
If anyone needs further details check out Dan's original posting on the
Archives.
Tom
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Tom & Marie Tarrant
Samsonvale, Qld
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