Ah yes thanks Steve, how could I forget the highlight of our trip, a very
cooperative Bourke's Parrot?
For those interested, I've just uploaded a photo album, here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.656775254388182.1073741834.134270499971996&type=1
cheers
Peter
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:26:07 +1030, Steve Potter <>wrote:
Not forgetting the Bourke's Parrot!
>
> Steve Potter
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> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Waanders
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:49 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Tibooburra trip summary
>
> Hi all,
> Having just returned from a quick (3.5 day) trip to the Tibooburra area, I
> thought I'd provide an overview of our findings.
> Tibooburra in outback (far SW) NSW is less than a day's easy drive from
> places like Mildura (Vic) and Renmark (SA). During my previous visit there
> in early December,
> the area was struggling from a bad drought. Recent rains (up to 120mm in
> places) have transformed the landscape, although some parts missed out.
> Most dams and some creeks contain water again and wildflowers were out. The
> weather ranged from moderately hot (37C) to pleasant (25C).
> On this trip we visited Tarawi Nature Reserve (in the mallee between
> Renmark - Broken Hill), a dam north of Broken Hill, the Packsaddle
> roadhouse area, a lake in the sand dunes south of Tibooburra, and spent a
> day in Sturt NP. We also checked various sites where Halls Babblers have
> been reported over the years, without success, at times questioning the
> accuracy of those sightings given the unlikely habitat in which some of
> these sightings have been reported. We also ventured into the gibber plains
> and swamps of southern Queensland. Total number of birds recorded was 105,
> with highlights being:
> 20 Freckled Duck, 100 Pink-eared Duck, 50 Blue-billed Duck (lake S of
> Tibooburra)
> 6 Australian Pratincoles, 1 Black Falcon, 3 Grey Grasswrens (S Qld)
> 2 Diamond Doves, 1 Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo singing, 1 Spotted Nightjar,
> several Cockatiel, several Blue Bonnets, 100s of Budgerigars, 1 Pied
> Honeyeater, several Chirruping Wedgebills, 100s of Zebra Finches, several
> Crimson and Orange Chats and a nesting White-fronted Chat (Sturt NP)
> Inland Thornbill, Chestnut Quail-thrush, White-fronted Honeyeater,
> White-browed Treecreeper (Tarawi NR).
> All in all a great area, underexplored by birders, but not too far off the
> beaten track.
> cheers
> Peter
>
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> Peter Waanders
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