Its (nearly) always good to check the eBird species map. Here is a
small-scale snip.
Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
On 18 April 2018 at 06:33, martin cachard <> wrote:
> hi Louise,
>
>
> if I were you, I'd head westward from Toowoomba towards either the St
> Geogre area, or more south-west towards the Mungindi/Dirranbandi
> districts...
>
>
> I can't think of any particular sites off hand, but once you start to see
> any saltbush, bluebush, or rolly-polly type vegetation by the roadside or
> nearby to it, then I'd check them out.
>
>
> someone else on here, who lives in or visits these districts more
> regularly than I, may be able to be more specific with a location...
>
>
> I would learn their call - it's not a hard one to remember, and is a very
> mechanical reel that is very different to Red-backed, Superb and Variegated
> F/w calls...
>
>
> White-winged Fairy-wrens are one of the more abundant songbirds of our
> inland areas nationally, but they do like the above vegetation-types...
>
>
> and, you will see far more brown birds than bright blue & white ones too!
>
>
> coming into this time of year, you will encounter many young brown birds,
> brown females, and males in thier brown eclipse plumage too!
>
>
> but when you find a group of them, hang in there and be patient, because
> there will be a dominant male in his bright blue & white plumage with them
> somewhere!!!
>
>
> good luck, and please let me know how you go with it...
>
>
> martin cachard
>
>
>
> trinity beach, cairns, FNQ
>
>
> ****** PS : if you stuggle to locate some in these districts, then just
> keep driving inland until you do... **********
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Birding-Aus <> on behalf of
> Louise Sherratt <>
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2018 8:42 PM
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White wing fairy Wren
>
> Hi there
>
> I am a photographer searching for the wwfw.... I live in Brisbane and was
> wondering where the best place would be to find them. Maybe around the
> oakey toowoomba area?
>
> Thanks
>
> Louise
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