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White-winged Fairy-wrens near Jondaryan/Oakey, QLD

To: Bill Jolly <>, "" <>, birding-aus <>, "" <>
Subject: White-winged Fairy-wrens near Jondaryan/Oakey, QLD
From: Tim Dolby <>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 05:03:42 +0000
>From what I can see there are two records of White-winged Fairy-wren east of 
>Oakey. There were birds seen at 'Wingara' near Warwick, Queensland 
>(5/17/2008), approximately parallel to Toowoomba. Not sure what the degree of  
>latitude is.

Even more easterly there is a record from sunny NSW, in an area bordering the 
Clarence River  (29°25'00"S 152°35'00"E), roughly northwest of Grafton. Again, 
I'm not sure what the degree of  latitude is. Although this records dates back 
to the 1950's (8/25/1957), so it would be really interesting to see if they're 
still about.

Cheers,

Tim


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Subject: White-winged Fairy-wrens near Jondaryan/Oakey, QLD

Yes, there are small populations of White-winged Fairywrens at a few sites in 
the scrubbier parts of that area to the north of the Warrego Highway roughly 
bounded by Oakey, Kaimkillenbun and Dalby.

Bluebonnets occur there too, as they often do alongside White-winged Fairywrens 
in other locations - and occasional Yellow-throated Miners.

This sort of thing parallels similar groupings of just two or three species 
that can be associated with a small nudge in the habitat, not amounting to a 
big shift in the avifauna, but just letting a few other spp make use of an area 
- you know "Where you see A you'll often see B" such as ground-feeding Banded 
Lapwings and Ground Cuckoo-shrikes, which will often utilise the same suitable 
paddock.

Bill Jolly

> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:38:00 +1000
> From: 
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-winged Fairy-wrens near Jondaryan/Oakey, QLD
>
> Hi all,
>
> Stuart Warren and I made an attempt for the recently reported Painted
> Honeyeaters near Jondaryan yesterday (and dipped), however a nice
> consolation prize was a small party of White-winged Fairy-wrens on a small
> dirt road between Oakey and Jondaryan. According to the Atlas of Australian
> Birds this may be the eastern-most record of the species, though one dot on
> the map exists near Amiens, west of Stanthorpe that may be equal depending
> on where in the grid it falls. There are no records listed in Atlas from
> the Oakey area at all.
>
> I'd be keen to hear from anyone who has seen WWFW in this area before, or if
> you haven't reported a sighting from this far east before. The exact
> location can be found at:
> http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/trips/10356/trip_days/10962/display -
> the pin is on the right little dirt road, but probably not in exactly the
> right spot. There is a description on the page to help you find the right
> bushes.
>
> Regards,
> Chris Sanderson
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