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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