Afternoon all,
Now that I will be restricted to holidays during Victorian School Holidays we
have booked a trip to the Eyre Peninsula for a week with a one-night stop at
Port Augusta on the way over and three days near Clare over the Easter weekend.
I have a copy of the new Thomas et al. and have had a look at Peter waanders
website (http://www.sabirding.com/sites-index.htm) and will use these for the
basis of some of the time (particularly around Lincoln NP). However, I am
unlikely to get time to get to Lake Gillies CP or stop around Whyalla but can
justify a day while at both Port Lincoln and Clare (and a few hours at Port
Augusta) to go bird-watching.
I don't have any target species, but would be keen to catch up with any species
that are not common around Mildura so any recent information would be good (for
example I will be looking for Banded Stilts near Port Augusta.
Targeted subspecies are as follows:
Southern Emu-wren (parimeda) - Lincoln NP?
Thick-billed (Western) Grasswren (myalli) - around Whyalla (for some reason I
thought they might be at the Botanic Gardens at Port Augusta but appears not -
I will try and visit anyway
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren (pedleri/parkeri) - Is there anywhere around Clare
where this species can be seen (otherwise might try the closest spot to Port
Augusta)
Western (Mallee) Whipbird (leucogaster) - Probably unlikely to be calling but I
will try at Lincoln NP
Bassian Thrush (halmaturina) - again anywhere around Clare?
Otherwise, general recomendations of good bird-watching (or family amusing)
locations would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Peter
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