Dear all
Just spent 4 days at Murrurundi and drove home yesterday to Gloucester
over Barrington Tops National Park, NSW.
Visit Friday 5th Sept out to eastern end of Liverpool Plains - at
Swinging Bridges Road, Warrah, patch of remnant vegetation with gums in
flower had lots of Musk Lorikeets, Noisy Friarbirds, and nesting
White-winged Choughs.
Out in the plains it was quiet but watched song flight displays of
several Rufous Songlarks, and a few Cockatiels on the wires along the
road. Trouble is with this patch, little vegetation above a foot high
and most trees around houses. Weather was wind, rain and bits of sun.
Visit to Quipolly Old and New Dams late arvo same day - very quiet, few
ducks, one pair of Shovelers, Great-crested Grebe as usual on the new
dam with large numbers of coot and Hoary-headed and Australian Grebes.
No blossom in the surrounding gum trees. One Whistling Kite on the old dam.
Paradise Park at Murrurundi Sat 6th Sept - still had flower in the pink
ironbarks and good numbers of Scarlet Honeyeaters, and a mass of
Greenhood Orchids at the start of the Eye of the Needle track.
Sunday 7th Sept - drove up to Timor to photograph Wallabadah Rock and
visit Peter Neville who hosts bird groups on his property, but other
than a few Double-banded and Red-browed Finches, and other small birds,
and 3 Wedge-tailed Eagles in the distance, again nothing to write home
about.
Coming home Monday over Barrington Tops, weather perfect, walked all
around Polblue where Parks are finishing off a board walk - no need now
to tight-rope the tree trunk across the creek at the far end - a nice
easy boardwalk will make walking a doddle but the work is not finished
here and we had an interesting time making our way through thick shrubs
trying to avoid having to wade. Lots of Flame Robins, and a foraging
wombat but not much else.
Had my London son with me so he was delighted at all the common birds
and spent a lot of time photographing etc.
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