This Sydney park may turn out to be one of Sydney's best kept secrets. I
certainly had never heard of it before these Chats were seen!
Kurtis
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Nikolas Haass
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:39 PM
To: Scott Henderson; ;
Subject: Crimson Chat and Red-capped Robin at Sydney Park,
St Peters
Hi all,
In addition to the pair of Crimson Chats, there is a young male
(female-coloured, but extensive wing-bars) Red-capped Robin in the same area
this early afternoon.
Plus Whiskered Tern, Nutmeg Mannikin...
Seen by a bunch of birders today.
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
----- Original Message ----
From: Scott Henderson <>
To: ;
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2008 4:21:39 PM
Subject: Crimson Chat at Sydney Park, St Peters - ANOTHER
SYDNEY VAGRANT -
Thanks Max for confirming that a couple of Chats were in Sydney Park. I
thought I was going a bit nutty at first when I saw them.
A great spot - I live in Chippendale not far away, and I didn't even know
there were ponds at the bottom of the park until I saw them flying into
Sydney recently. Yesterday was the day I decided to check them out.
Also seen were the Dotterels, a Sacred Kingfisher and a pair of Whiskered
Terns.
My coordinates on Birdline were a bit off. I saw them at approx
33°54'47.38"S 151°11'1.16"E
-----Original Message-----
From: on behalf of
Sent: Mon 06/10/2008 9:03 AM
To:
Subject: Crimson Chat at Sydney Park,St Peters - ANOTHER
SYDNEY VAGRANT -
Hi all,
after hearing about Scott Henderson's sighting of a pair of Crimson Chats at
Sydney Park, I was eager to get over there and have a look. Annoyingly, a
lunch with friends had been organised for Monday, but it was canceled when
they called saying they were sick.
I convinced my dad to drive me to Sydney Park to have a look and we reached
Sydney Park at 9:15am. I had never been to the park before and was suprised
at the amount of birdlife which showed.
We walked around the South-east side of the park seeing quite a few
waterbirds- Hardhead, White-faced Heron and Dusky Moorhen, but we soon found
Clamorous Reed-Warbler in the reeds around the main pond and also a
Black-fronted Dotterel wich flew low over the main pond calling.
After about half-an-hour of searching, all we had to show was a large flock
of Nutmeg Mannikins and a pair Australasian Grebes. So we headed back
towards the car. On the way back we walked along the western side of the
main pond where we found some small wattle trees, which was where the chats
had been seen previously. Upon walking around the wattles we found another
flock of Nutmeg Mannikins and after a minute of searching out came a
beautiful male Crimson Chat! He began feeding on the ground below a wattle
until he saw us, he then flew over to another wattle, where he was joined by
his mate. We then watched them feeding under a wattle for about five minutes
until they flew off.
If anyone would like exact details to where we saw them I would be happy to
reply.
Here's to ANOTHER SYDNEY VAGRANT =)
Max Breckenridge,
Gladesville, Sydney...
P.S. Well done to Scott Henderson for finding them in the first place!
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