Hi Rob,
I've been to Cocoparra NP a couple of times, great spot, particularly dawn and
dusk. Store Creek is worth having a look at, as is Falcon Falls. See below (a
thrown together) bird list for the park.
The nearby Binya State Forest is a good place for Painted Honeyeater,
White-browed Treecreeper and Superb Parrot, particularly this time of year.
Also Crimson Chat, Black-eared Cuckoo and Woodswallows.
The closest main town is Griffith - not a bad place, with good coffee and
Italian food, and a 'Fairy Firefly', an aircraft a bit like a Spitfire, mounted
in the main street.
Campbells Swamp at Griffith has some interesting birds, with Little Bittern,
Australasian Bittern, Magpie Goose, Baillon's Crake, Australian Spotted Crake,
Spotless Crake, Black-tailed Native-hen, Red-kneed Dotterel all regularly
recorded. The Griffith Golf Course is also quite good for birds such as Blue
Bonnet and Major Mitchell.
Leeton's Five Bough Swamp is within cooee and is a good spot for waders and
crakes. The areas is good also for Superb Parrot and Ground Cuckoo-shrike (not
sure how common they are?). Also Tuckerbil Swamp is good.
The Murrumbidgee River is interesting at Darlington Point, and is another spot
for Superb Parrot, such as Willbriggie State Forest.
North of Cocoparra NP is Lake Cargelligo, which usually has some good
waterbirds, and there is a good caravan park. From there you are of course
another cooee to Round Hill Nature Reserve. Like parts of Cocoparra, it has
mallee, and is well know for its isolated population of Red-lored Whistler.
Hope this helps, cheers,
Tim Dolby
Cocoparra National Park Bird List
Emu
Great Cormorant
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Brown Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Nankeen Kestrel
Brown Falcon
Black Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Stubble Quail
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Diamond Dove
Peaceful Dove
Bar-shouldered Dove
Galah
Major Mitchell Cockatoo
Cockatiel
Mallee Ringneck
Turquoise Parrot
Mulga Parrot
Red-rumped Parrot
Blue Bonnet
Superb Parrot
Pallid Cuckoo
Black-eared Cuckoo
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Southern Boobook
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Spotted Nightjar
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
White-backed Swallow
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
White-winged Triller
Rufous Songlark
Willie Wagtail
Grey Fantail
Restless Flycatcher
Jacky Winter
Red-capped Robin
Hooded Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Crested Bellbird
Rufous Whistler
Gilbert's Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Grey-crowned Babbler
White-browed Babbler
Splendid Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
Speckled Warbler
Shy Heathwren
Inland Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Weebill
Western Gerygone
Southern Whiteface
White-fronted Chat
Varied Sittella
Brown Treecreeper
White-browed Treecreeper
Mistletoebird
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Silvereye
Black Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Painted Honeyeater
Striped Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Yellow-throated Miner
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
Magpie-lark
White-winged Chough
Apostlebird
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Black-faced Woodswallow
Chestnut Quail-thrush
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Australian Raven
Common Starling
Diamond Firetail
Double-barred Finch
Zebra Finch
Also, apparently the NSW DECC suggests that Glossy Black-Cockatoo are the
vicinity of Mt Brogden. This seems strange to me. Interested to know more.
Mammals
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Red Kangaroo
Black Wallaby
Brushtail Possum
Yellow-footed Antechinus
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