Devon Park Boundary Rd, QLD?

["Tom Wilson" <>]

Thanks Russell – good job I read the 2nd post first as I was about to go looking for this place...

Your line writing exercise made my smile.  At the risk of exposing my vintage (and possible some experience on the wrong end), whoever set that line needs to work harder at making line writing an excruciating exercise for the victim...it even misses the critical 1st clause “I must not...”.  The really nasty line setters (eg the prefects at my school) would make the line too long for a single sheet width in normal size handwriting...something like...“I must not confuse other birders by writing Purple-crowned Fairywren when I should actually write Purple-backed Fairywren.”

Cheers

Tom

 

From: Russell Woodford

Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:56 PM

To: Paul Taylor

Cc:

Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Devon Park Boundary Rd, QLD?

 

Russell stays back after class, writing 100 times on the blackboard ...

 

Purple-backed Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

Purple-backed Fairywren

 

 

 

On Thu, 11 May 2023 at 15:53, Russell Woodford <> wrote:

Hi Paul

 

Devon Park Boundary Rd has three sections, running more or less West, then north, then west as you drive out from Oakey. I’ve only been there once, and the best birding that morning was along the first two sections. Best birds were at least 100 Cockatiels and a pair of Brown Songlarks. WWFW are likely to be sitting on any roadside thicket or bush. There are plenty of recent eBird records - the species map for WWFW shows roughly where along each section of road to expect them.

 

Quite close to there is Sabine Rd Jondaryan (see eBird maps for the hotspot location) where Painted Honeyeater is very reliable. I’ve also seen Bluebonnet there.

 

Irongate Nature Reserve is about 40km sw of Devon Park and is a small reserve with a lot of birds, notably Purple-crowned Fairywren plus honeyeater and finch species. Very easy to get to and walk around whether you have half an hour or a couple of hours. Of course, Dunmore Staye Forest is only a further 80km and that’s where you really start getting into the western species - but for a comfortable day without too much driving, the Oakey / Jondaryan area offers some great spots.

 

Hope you find the Fairywrens and plenty of other good birds

Russell Woodford

 

On 10 May 2023, at 12:43 pm, Paul Taylor <> wrote:

 According to eBird, Devon Park Boundary Rd, Devon Park/Oakey QLD is a "hotspot"
for White-winged Fairywrens.

I've never been there before, and Google Maps/Street View doesn't offer any clues
as to where we should go looking; can anyone offer any advice?

We're staying at Bunya Mts. and were hoping to duck down to see the WWFWs
instead of making a separate trip from Brisbane; any other recommendations
in that area would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!
Paul.

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