Sounds like a great trip, Ian!
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 31/01/2013, at 10:40 PM, Ian Reid wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> just wanted to say thanks to all who helped me with gen for my trip last week
> to Kioloa / Murramarang. It was mostly work but I squeezed in some quality
> birding including 20+ lifers.
>
> Tues evening flew into Canberra and early am I drove to Kaleen where I had
> three lifer parrots before breakfast:
>
> * Australian King Parrot
> * Crimson Rosella
> * Superb Parrot
> Eastern Rosella
>
> I stopped at the top of the mountain in a layby and walked into the forest
> for 20min so, seeing:
>
> * Eastern Whipbird
> * Eastern Yellow Robin
> * Lewin's Honeyeater
> Treecreeper sp.
>
> Then to Kioloa. A walk to the beach before my colleagues arrived at
> lunchtime yielded:
>
> * Black-faced Monarch
> * Yellow Thornbill
> * Leaden Flycatcher
> * Hooded Plover
> 100s unidenitified Shearwaters
> Caspian Tern
>
> Early am before work on Thurs I walked up the trail beyond the ANU campus
> into the forest:
>
> * Southern Emu-wren
> * Brown Thornbill
> * Rufous Fantail
> * Wonga Pigeon
> * Superb Lyrebird (my target, and performed beautifully -- 2m, 4f, but sadly
> no photos of a male)
> * Noisy Friarbird
> Grey Currawong
> Rainbow Lorikeet
> Eastern Spinebill
> Welcome Swallow
> Australian Pelican
> Galah
> Variegated Fairywren
> Superb Fairywren
> White-browed Scrubwren
> Australian Pipit
> Nankeen Kestrel
> Silvereye
> Red Wattlebird
> Little Wattlebird
>
> No more birding until Sat am before I had to be back in Canberra. Spent the
> morning walking the Discovery Trail at North Durras lake, and the nearby
> "Rainforest Walk" by the beach. New birds for the trip were:
>
> * Satin Bowerbird (5-6, but sadly only females)
> * Scarlet Honeyeater (2)
> * Large-billed Scrub-wren
> * Gang-gang Cockatoo
> White-bellied Sea-eagle
> White-faced Heron
> White-cheeked Honeyeater
> New Holland Honeyeater
> Golden Whistler
> Australian Hobby
>
> Finally made a 30min stop aruond 2pm in Monga NP on my way back to Canberra
>
> Red-browed Finch
> * Striated Thornbill
>
> [* lifer or Australian tick]
>
> Very quiet at that time of day but looked like a great spot.
>
> Thanks again to all!
>
> Ian
>
> --
> Prof. Ian Reid
> School of Computer Science
> University of Adelaide
> Adelaide, 5005
> ph: +61 (08) 83132135
> www: http://cs.adelaide.edu.au
>
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