Hi all
Just back from a couple of weeks
celebrating Christmas with my parents at Crystal Creek, near Murwillumbah on
the NSW North Coast. Though mainly a family holiday (and with plenty of
rain at the end) did enough birding to keep me happy. Recorded 196 species with
71 new ones for the year.
Highlights
of the trip included:
92 species
in and around my parent’s place – including Bush-hen which once I learnt the
call recorded at a couple of locations (best view was of a single bird in
flight for about 80 metres
including seeing green on bill).
A day with
Gold Coast birders (my parents are members) in the Beechmont/Binna Burra area
which yielded me a lot of species I wasn’t expecting and saved me a trip to
Mebbin NP (the rain beat me in the end). Best bird was a White-eared Monarch,
but added a lot of species that day – thanks guys.
West Byron
treatment works – visited with Dad and despite ending in a storm saw a lot of
birds including Baillon’s and Spotless Crakes.
Mangrove
Honeyeater at Terranora Boardwalk – the first time I have recorded this species
in NSW.
Quick visits
to Crams Farm (in the rain), Flat Rock and Chikiba Lake added a few species.
Enjoy
tonight (if going out) and have a safe and happy 2010.
Cheers,
Peter
Species List
(with codes as follows) – final number indicates number of days recorded.
A Mildura
to Adelaide (15/12)
C Crystal Creek (16-29/12)
B Beechmont/Binna
Burra (17/12)
T Tweed Heads Historic Site (18/12)
W West Byron STP (20/12)
V Vintage Lakes, Terranora (23/12)
X Terranora Boardwalk (23/12)
F Cram's Farm (26/12)
R Flat Rock (28/12)
L Chikiba Lake (28/12)
M Adelaide to Mildura (29-30/12)
1 Emu A 1
2 Australian Brush-turkey C,B,W 10
3 Brown Quail C 3
4 Plumed Whistling-duck C 14
5 Black Swan W,V 3
6 Australian Wood Duck A,C,B,X,M 15
7 Pacific Black Duck C,B,W,V,F 14
8 Mallard M 1
9 Grey Teal W 1
10 Hardhead C,F 3
11 Australasian Grebe C,W,V,F,M 6
12 Australian White Ibis C,T,W,V,X,L 11
13 Straw-necked Ibis A,C 14
14 Glossy Ibis W 1
15 Royal Spoonbill W,V 3
16 Yellow-billed Spoonbill W 1
17 Nankeen Night Heron W 1
18 Striated Heron X 1
19 Cattle Egret C,V,F,L 12
20 White-necked Heron 1
21 Great Egret X,L 5
22 Intermediate Egret F 2
23 White-faced Heron C,X,L 9
24 Little Egret L 1
25 Australian Pelican A,X,M 6
26 Little Pied Cormorant A,C,V,F 11
27 Little Black Cormorant A,C,V,F,R,L 7
28 Pied Cormorant 1
29 Great Cormorant A,C,V,M 7
30 Darter A,C,V,L 5
31 Australian Kestrel A,M 4
32 Brown Falcon 1
33 Osprey R 4
34 Pacific Baza C 3
35 Black-shouldered Kite B,W 5
36 Black Kite A,M 2
37 Whistling Kite M 2
38 Brahminy Kite 2
39 White-bellied Sea-eagle W,X 2
40 Swamp Harrier W 1
41 Grey Goshawk B 1
42 Wedge-tailed Eagle C 2
43 Buff-banded Rail C,W 1
44 Bush-hen C 7
45 Baillon's Crake W 1
46 Spotless Crake W 1
47 Purple Swamphen C,W,V,F 10
48 Dusky Moorhen W,V,F 6
49 Eurasian Coot V,F 2
50 Pied Oystercatcher 1
51 Sooty Oystercatcher R 1
52 Black-winged Stilt W 1
53 Masked Lapwing A,C,B,W,V,L,M 16
54 Pacific Golden Plover L 1
55 Black-fronted Dotterel W,L 2
56 Comb-crested Jacana W,F 2
57 Latham's Snipe W 1
58 Bar-tailed Godwit L 3
59 Whimbrel X,L 2
60 Eastern Curlew 1
61 Grey-tailed Tattler R 1
62 Ruddy Turnstone R,L 1
63 Red-necked Stint R,L 1
64 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper W,R,L 2
65 Curlew Sandpiper L 1
66 Silver Gull A,V,X,R,M 9
67 Gull-billed Tern R 1
68 Crested Tern R,L 7
69 Common Tern R 2
70 Little Tern R 1
71 Rock Dove A,M 7
72 White-headed Pigeon C 2
73 Spotted Turtle-dove A,C,B,V,X,L,M 14
74 Brown Cuckoo-dove C,B 4
75 Emerald Dove C 4
76 Crested Pigeon A,C,B,W,V,M 16
77 Wonga Pigeon C,B 14
78 Peaceful Dove C 13
79 Bar-shouldered Dove C,B,W,F 14
80 Wompoo Fruit-dove B 1
81 Rose-crowned Fruit-dove C,B 3
82 Topknot Pigeon B 1
83 Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo 1
84 Galah C,B,L,M 15
85 Little Corella A,M 9
86 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo C,B 4
87 Rainbow Lorikeet A,C,B,T 13
88 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet C 8
89 Little Lorikeet B 1
90 Crimson (+Yellow) Rosella A,B,M 3
91 Eastern (+Pale-headed) Rosella C,B,F 10
92 Bluebonnet M 1
93 Australian King Parrot C,B 12
94 Brush Cuckoo C,B,W,L 11
95 Fan-tailed Cuckoo C,B 6
96 Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo W 1
97 Shining Bronze-cuckoo C 6
98 Pacific Koel C,B,T,V 14
99 Channel-billed Cuckoo C,B,T 11
100 Pheasant Coucal C,B,W 8
101 White-throated Needletail C,B 4
102 Dollarbird 3
103 Laughing Kookaburra A,C,B,F,M 15
104 Collared Kingfisher T,X 2
105 Sacred Kingfisher C,T,L 13
106 Red-backed Kingfisher M 1
107 Azure Kingfisher C,W,V 7
108 Rainbow Bee-eater A,W 3
109 White-throated Treecreeper C,B 12
110 Variegated Fairy-wren C,T 2
111 Superb Fairy-wren C,B,W,V 4
112 Red-backed Fairy-wren C,W 4
113 Spotted Pardalote B 1
114 Striated Pardalote A,C,M 3
115 White-browed Scrubwren C,B,W,L 8
116 Large-billed Scrubwren C,B,T 2
117 Brown Gerygone B 1
118 Mangrove Gerygone X 1
119 White-throated Gerygone C 11
120 Brown Thornbill C,B,W 10
121 Yellow Tornbill W 1
122 Striated Thornbill B 1
123 Yellow-faced Honeyeater B 1
124 Singing Honeyetaer A,M 2
125 Mangrove Honeyeater X 1
126 Lewin's Honeyeater C,B,T,W 14
127 Bell Miner B 1
128 Noisy Miner A,C,B,T,X,F,M 16
129 Yellow-throated Miner A 1
130 Blue-faced Honeyeater A,C,M 7
131 White-throated Honeyeater C 2
132 White-naped Honeyeater B 1
133 Noisy Friarbird C,B 9
134 Striped Honeyeater V 1
135 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater A,M 2
136 Little Wattlebird T 3
137 Red Wattlebird A,M 3
138 Brown Honeyeater C,B,X 5
139 New Holland Honeyeater M 1
140 White-cheeked Honeyeater T 3
141 Eastern Spinebill B 1
142 Scarlet Honeyeater C,B,F 14
143 Pale-yellow Robin B 1
144 Eastern Yellow Robin C,B,T 14
145 Logrunner C,B 6
146 Eastern Whipbird C,B,W 12
147 Varied Sittella B 1
148 Golden Whistler B 1
149 Rufous Whistler C,W,L 7
150 Little Shrike-thrush C 1
151 Grey Shrike-thrush C,B,W,V 14
152 Rufous Fantail B 1
153 Grey Fantail B,T,W 3
154 Willie Wagtail A,C,B,W,V,X,F,M 16
155 Spangled Drongo C,B 14
156 White-eared Monarch B 1
157 Spectacled Monarch C,B 5
158 Black-faced Monarch B 1
159 Magpie-lark A,C,B,W,V,X,F,M 16
160 Leaden Flycatcher C,B,W 6
161 Restless Flycatcher C 8
162 Paradise Riflebird B 1
163 Grey Butcherbird C,B 8
164 Pied Butcherbird A,C,B,W 14
165 Australian Magpie A,C,B,W,V,X,F,M 16
166 Pied Currawong C,B,T,W,X 11
167 White-breasted Woodswallow W,F,L 4
168 Black-faced Woodswallow A 1
169 Cicadabird C,B 14
170 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike C,B,W 14
171 Varied Triller C,L 3
172 Australasian Figbird C,B,T,W,V,F 14
173 Olive-backed Oriole C,B,T,X 14
174 Torresian Crow C,B,T,W,V,X 14
175 Australian Raven A,M 3
176 White-winged Chough M 1
177 Green Catbird B 1
178 Regent Bowerbird B 1
179 Satin Bowerbird B 1
180 Common Starling A,B,M 4
181 Common Myna C,B,W,V 14
182 Welcome Swallow A,C,B,W,V,F,M 16
183 Fairy Martin A,W,M 9
184 Tree Martin C,W,F,M 8
185 Silvereye C,B,W,V 6
186 Australian Reed-warbler W,M 2
187 Tawny Grassbird W,F 2
188 Little Grassbird W 1
189 Brown Songlark M 1
190 Golden-headed Cisticola C,B,W,F 10
191 Mistletoebird C,B,W,X 14
192 House Sparrow A,M 5
193 Australian Pipit A,L,M 3
194 Red-browed Finch C,B,W 7
195 Double-barred Finch B 1
196 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin B,W 4
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