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NSW trip

To: Jackie Moorhead <>
Subject: NSW trip
From: Alan McBride <>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:07:34 +1000
Interesting: This is the same stretch of road I saw a Brush-tailed Phascogale about twenty years ago: It also ran across the road on the bend near the old monastery!

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On 26/07/2009, at 19:56 , Jackie Moorhead wrote:

Following on from Chris and Deane's photos and notes from our recent trip to Cessnock, Wollongong, Ulladulla and Barren Grounds, I thought others may be interested in a very snippets. My 100-400mm lens started playing up, so I didn't get too many photos...Chris and Deane will (hopefully) put more shots on BA though.

I would recommend to anyone to try and get onto the pelagics organized by SOSSA from Wollongong and Ulladulla. The winter day trips from the Gong always deliver albatrosses......we had dozens of wandering type albies...many banded on the Sandra K....this is a highlight seeing thgese amazing birds so closely. You get to help if you want also. I think Deane took a pic of Jack holding a 14kg exulans (Snowy Albatross) .The Ulladulla boat is very comfortable and a live aboard boat ideal for the purpose. Accommodation and food is excellent also. Janice is organizing 4 per year now I think, so feel free to contact SOSSA through their website for future bookings. Jack's new bird for tghe Ulladulla leg was White-faced Storm-Petrel.

Cessnock was amazing...more specifically Werakata NP (Kitchener section)....Jack will have the full report on www.mywidebay.com shortly but honeyeaters were amazing......3 Regent Honeyeaters...best, but heaps of Yellow-tufted, Yellow-faced etc also. I think that I got reasonable shots of Regent HE but they are still on the camera. Met Alan Morris , the legend himself, at Kitchener which was ahighlight in itself.

But better still was Budderoo NP adjacent Barren Grounds near Wollongong. On the advice of Peter Marsh, we focussed on there rather than BG. Excellent advice. The heath is lower at Budderoo and the birds more prolific. Jack's new birds included Pilotbirds (first fire track); Ground Parrots (2 seen brilliantly in perfect morning light...second view for over 2 seconds...even turning around showing it's red cere!) ; Southern Emu-Wrens (10 plus and showed well...Jack's bird of the trip); Eastern Bristlebirds (7....one pished for a photo op...Deane's pic!); Gang Gangs (2 only though feeding above us on the second fire track); Crescent Honeyeater (surprizingly hard and only 1 female seen ...from 3 metres away though)

The non-birding highlight undoubtedly was a Brush-tailed Phasogale near the entrance to Jamberoo Lodge near Barren Grounds. It ran across the road about 20m away from us....fantastic. The non-wildlife experience of the trip was snow at Armidale NSW...even had a snowball fight!

Thanks to Jack, Deane, Peter Marsh, Lindsay and Janice from Wollongong........brilliant 3000km roadtrip from Bundaberg. Jack is now on 669 Australian birds.

Cheers,

Bill
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