I have just spent a relaxing week with friends on the NSW South Coast at a
place immediately south of Malua Bay (S of Bateman's Bay).
I didn't do a lot of birding but managed to pop out for about an hour each
morning.
Highlights were:
2 vocal male SCARLET HONEYEATERS in allocasuarina fringing 'Barlings
Swamp' near Tomakin. Water levels were too high for crakes/rails etc.
an AZURE KINGFISHER in mangroves near the bridge over the Tomaga River
at Tomakin.
4 TOPKNOT PIGEONS, including 2 juvenile birds, and a female GANG-GANG
COCKATOO, 3 WONGA PIGEONS and an OLIVE-BACKED ORIOLE all along the
Banksia Walk at Burrewarra Point (Guerilla Bay turnoff along Beach Rd).
2 WHITE-HEADED PIGEONS and a family group of 6 VARIEGATED FAIRY-WRENS,
including 2 dependent young, in our garden at McKenzies Beach.
a BLACK-FACED MONARCH in rainforest patch at Rosedale.
Several WHITE-CHEEKED HONEYEATERS and over 20 LITTLE LORIKEETS feeding
in flowering eucalypts, plus 2 PEACEFUL DOVES, female LEADEN FLYCATCHER
and a dozen DUSKY WOODSWALLOWS, including dependent young, all along
Percy Davis Drive (near Broulee).
6 BAR-TAILED GODWITS, 2 PIED OYSTERCATCHERS and an EASTERN CURLEW in the
Tomaga River Estuary.
a SOOTY OYSTERCATCHER at Broulee Island Nature Reserve.
We also had the following swift sightings, all at McKenzies Beach:
28/1 - 20+ WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAILS flying low. Conditions: overcast,
warm, no wind.
29/1 - single WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAILS flying fast. Conditions:
cloudy, no wind.
1/2 - 30 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAILS flying high. Conditions: overcast,
warm, no wind.
Cheers
Marnix Zwankhuizen
Senior Analyst/Programmer
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Australian Electoral Commission
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