Birders,
Some canyonning and climbing up the mountains this last weekend
allowed some good passive birdwatching. Lots of the upper mountains
specialists were observed and heard.
Mt Wilson is over near Mt Tomah, and has very different habitat to mos
tof the rest of the Blueys. sandstone gives way to bassalt, and there
are some good pockets of temperate rain forest, and some funny birds
as a result. It's the only site I know that I would consider a dead
cert for Gang Gangs and Wonga Pigeons, and both were seen. Boobooks
made a lot of noise during the night, as did a Tawny Frog. I saw my
second ever Pilot Bird (I was glad it called) down in one of the
gullies, and a healthy family of Glossies on the escarpment on the way
up. Crescent Honeyeaters were up to some sort of breeding shenanigans
in the tree tops, ditto Rose Robins, which were calling loudly. Origma
were seen on a few occasions, again in the gullies near the
Wollangambe, and the tail end of some Lyre Bird displays could be
heard echoing back and forth from the sandstone. I found a feather
too, which lived in my helmet for a couple of days.
Sunday we went to Mt Piddington for some rock climbing fun, and as
always saw a Peregrine patrolling above the cliffs. A funny weekend
for raptors actually, as when i got home (to lapstone, in the lower
mountains) only our second ever sighting of WB Sea Eagle flew over
head, closely followed by (probably) a collared Sparrowhawk in the
other direction. The local Noisy Miners were absolutely appoplectic!
EB
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Evan Beaver
Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
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