Month: April 2016

12/3/2016                                                                                    384km
Up at 6.30 and put the last things in such as valuables and fridge items and after a last kiss an hug from Bev for many a week I was off. It was a murky muggy morning as I headed north with a thick foggy cloud hanging low over the hills along the freeway. There was absolutely no wind and it remained that way all day as it steadily climbed to 35 degrees. My first survey at Strays Lane Mitchellton had 200 Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, some Dusky Woodswallows and and a pair of Jacky Winters. Up to Goulburn River at Toolamba over the wooden trestle bridge to quite a nice spot for 17species (sp) including Crested Shrike-tit and White-throated Gerygone. Wound my way through dirt roads to Wellingtons bridge Dunbulbalane for 11sp. In the heat of the day the Welcome Swallows were using old nests to roost after each sortie. Larissa Rd west of Cobram had 9sp including the invasive Common Myna. Adcocks Rd S Finley had 13sp with the first Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Kestrel and Crested Pigeon. There had been some recent rains and the track in to Mairjimmy SF had some puddles in it, I was lucky to get through the first one in 2wd, but once I got it in 4wd I had no problems, but caked the caravan in mud. There were Grey-crowned Babblers and Grey Butcherbirds here. If the site at Bundure rd N of Jerilderie didn’t have an irrigation ditch, it would be a desolate site, but got 10sp here. There were 9 Welcome Swallows, but rather than roost under the bridge these ones sat out in the sun in the dust on the banks of the channel and one lifted its wing underside to the light breeze off the water. It was cooling down by 16.00. I stopped at Boona SF on Catanach rd, perched myself on top of the channel and sucked icy-poles (homemade) to cool down. Got 24sp by sundown with Cockatiel, Peaceful Dove & Striped Honeyeater. A pair of Diamond Firetails flew in to the top of a dead tree, and one started bobbing, the other flew off unimpressed by the display. Just on dark I heard a commotion, and went to investigate, it was a male Brown Goshawk that was being harassed by all the Miners in the area. A large thunderstorm passed to the east of me bringing a stronger breeze for a while, but it soon died to end in a hot sticky night.

Goulburn River Toolamba

Wandering Percher Dragonfly Boona SF

13/3                                                                                             435km
Added a few more species in the morning for 29sp all up. headed off at 8.00. The first stop was Willbriggie rail for 8sp, then the Kidman Way south site for 12sp. Filled up at Darlington Point BP for $1.02cpl, which was the cheapest one around. The fridge in the caravan has got stuck in a loop of short turn on turn off, and is no longer cold and the freezer is defrosting. I had hoped that it was lack of power and that in the daylight it would start up again from the solar panels, but at Darlington Point it still wasn’t working, so started up the smaller camper fridge and crammed everything in there. Last night I had put my flask of water in the caravan fridge to cool down overnight, and forgot to remove it, of course it tipped over, and water all over the floor, hmmm. Dirung rd Dirung had a surprising 15sp in the sparsely wooded farmland, but there was a water trough for the sheep which some honeyeaters were availing themselves of. Got some fruit and veg at the IGA supermarket in Hillston and up to the Lachlan River NE of Hillston crossing for 13sp and lunch. At Millthorpe trail Nombinnie NR got 9sp with Emu and Shy Heath-wren in the Mallee country. Despite the now oppressive 37 degree heat my site 88km North of Hillston had 14 active species with Spotted Bowerbird and Red-capped Robin. The first thunderstorm nearly got me at Mail Change tank and got 8sp there with masked and White-browed Woodswallows. Belford Rd South of Cobar had 9sp with Ring-necked and Red-rumped parrots and Bluebonnets. At first I thought that the Red-rumped Parrot pair were Mulga Parrots, but then I heard the tinkling call and knew my error. Stanley tank on Osterley Downs Station had very little in the woodland to the north of the track, but in the dam area were Grey Teal, Black-fronted Dotterel, and Common Bronzewing, there were more than usual Willie Wagtails and Magpie Larks around and quite a few Zebra Finches and Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters, suggesting this may be the only water in the area. Went through the edge of a few thunderstorms on my way up to Cobar where the temperature would drop from 32 degrees to as low as 23 degrees depending on the size of the storm, and then climb again as I drove past the storm. Arrived at the settling ponds (Newlands Park) in Cobar at 18.00. By dark I had 15sp with Red-winged Parrot. I saw a pair of dogs sniffing along, and heard a car, soon I heard them coming back and I realized it was a bloke walking his dogs, talk about lazy! It reminded me of the start to that great movie The Gods Must Be Crazy. In the evening there was a nice breeze across the lake.

Galah Bedford Rd south of Cobar

14/2                                                                                             429km
There must be a home for disturbed dogs nearby as they had fits of barking and howling all night long, plus it was hot and muggy, so I didn’t get a good night’s sleep . Yet another morning with little or no wind, the temperature climbing to 41 degrees, so doing the surveying was difficult during the day. Added a few more species in the morning to end the survey with 27sp and headed north at 7.30, after using an ancient but serviceable ablution unit at the lake. The first stop was 32km North of Cobar for 10sp with Hooded Robin. Kidman Way north site had 11sp with the first Crested Bellbird. 108km north of Cobar had 11sp. Filled up in Bourke at the BP at 122.9cpl and headed north. Just out of town at the Billabong Polygonum which was bone dry, there were 14sp with the first White-winged Triller and a juvenile Pallid Cuckoo. It appeared to be independent, so out there somewhere are a relieved set of surrogate parents. I was sizing up a tree to include on my site photo when I stepped backward into a man sized hole in the track, ouch! Thankfully I didn’t damage anything and there was no one around to laugh at my clumsiness. On to the first new site for the trip at an uninviting gravel stack north of Engonia for 6sp with Variegated Fairywren. I decided in the heat to have a break and let the car cool down, so sat in the shade until 14.00, I had a go at restarting the caravan fridge with prompts from Bev as to where the powerpoint for the fridge was. It restarted but soon went into its on-off loop, so I plugged in the solar panel, and it worked fine, it would seem that part of the problem is the battery. It was still too hot when I stopped at a barren looking spot 100km south of Cunamulla but I was lucky to hear a single Singing Honeyeater give its unsonorous call, and that was all there was at that site. An old camping spot at Tuen Ck only had 5sp despite pools of water in the creek and a trickle of water in the river which the kangaroos were splashing noisily in rather than delicately sipping from the bank like they usually do, got Black Kite patrolling the road and Sacred Kingfisher in the creek as new for the trip. Stopped at the Cunnamulla waste pits, just north of town. I’d figured out before hand that the overhang of the tray was more than the old tub, and that I couldn’t do a sharp left had turn without it bashing into the gas bottle of the caravan, but when it came down to the practicalities did I remember? I now have a damaged left hand light assembly to show that I didn’t. Had 3 icypoles and a blood nose and then a fourth icypole before I felt composed enough to cook dinner, it’s stiflingly hot. Got 13sp before dinner with a Pair of Black-breasted Buzzards. There is a bit of woodland here but it’s open enough to get a nice evening breeze. The camper fridge hasn’t turned off since I turned it on but the new solar panel on the roof seems to be keeping up the power in the battery.

Striped Honeyeater North of Cobar

Orb weaver north of Cobar

15/3                                                                                               351km
After a nice blast of wind at 21.00 the rest of the night was hot and sweaty. Just before dawn a bird flew over me with a loud cree-erk uttered at 10 second intervals, I have no idea what it was. Up at 6.00 and added a few more species to end with 20sp. Up to Coongoola for only 6sp with Budgerigar. Put in a new site at a crossroads North of Wyandra for 9sp plus a road killed Whistling Kite. Got White-browed and Brown Treecreeper, Splendid Fairywren and Hooded Robin in nice woodland. A road train of sheep had lost control and toppled over on its side, dead sheep everywhere, gruesome. Got fuel at $102.9cpl and swapped the 2½L and 9L gas bottles all up $138 in Charleville. My site 29km north of Charleville only had 5sp. Caroline Crossing road only had 5sp with Singing Honeyeaters making sorties from the nice woodland north of the track to the regenerating cleared land to the south of the track. Stopped at 14.00 at Nive river which was dry, but with nice woodland around the river I had 26sp by dark with Rufous Songlark, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Torresian Crow, and White-breasted Woodswallow. Met the farmer again (I’d met him on a previous trip) and he let me camp by the bridge. Just on dark a flight of Fork-tailed Swifts came and wheeled around above the trees. I watched them like a child might have watched planes at the Battle of Britain, but the only casualties this time were insects, I could hear them chattering away to each other, imagining them bragging about the size of the bug they’d just bagged, but then that’s anthropomorphizing. The temperature got to 36 degrees and was a good day for butterflies.

Black Kite at Nive River

16/3                                                                                                   258km
Added Owlet Nightjar overnight I thought I had a Black Honeyeater but it was such a poor look that I couldn’t include it, so I ended with 33sp, it continues to be a nice spot, which would be even better with water in the river. There were a few rain patches through the night that the swifts had heralded, so I had put my door flap down in anticipation, and closed the relevant windows. The rain made it a cool start to the morning and the fridge managed to turn itself off as the temperature got down to 23 degrees. The first stop was a water hole at Uanda north of Tambo, the stock dam had water with a Grey Teal, there was also a Brown Goshawk being harrassed by Apostlebirds, all up 15sp. The Barcoo River rest stop had 19sp. There was only a pool, but with nice riparian woodland around I got Dollarbird and Double-barred Finch as new for the trip. Douglas Ponds Ck was dry and had 8sp, with Fairy Martin. A site in farmland on the Landsborough Hwy south of Barcaldene had 5sp with Ground Cuckoo-shrikes in one of only a handful of trees in the badly overgrazed grassland. Away from the highway a dead Bustard was an unpleasant find. I stopped at 11.00 at Charles-Lloyd Jones Weir. There was a lot of water in the weir and the pool at the base had lots of water. I propped myself in the shade of one of the big trees around the weir where I could see the pond at the base and steadily added birds throughout the afternoon to get to 32sp by dark. As well as the demanding Laughing Kookaburras and Apostlebirds that one often has to contend with at campsites there were also some Blue-faced Honeyeaters hopping around with the irrascibles, hoping for some sort of food, though I’m not sure what they’d eat. Most realized that they weren’t going to get anything from me and went off to beg from other campers. Only one kookaburra remained, ever hopeful – was it ever disappointed! I got talking with one of the campers and he had a look at my batteries in the caravan and thought that they may be the problem as they aren’t holding any charge. As I went for my evening ablution at the neat toilet block, I got a surprise in the toilet bowl, a Green Tree Frog – outside on the balcony was his mate, patiently waiting it’s turn.

Dollarbird at Barcoo River

Blue-faced Honeyeater at Charles Lloyd weir

17/3                                                                                       449km
Didn’t hear any night birds, but ended with 39sp adding Nankeen Night-heron and Grey-crowned Babbler with others in the morning walk. Up the dirt road to Harney’s lane for 9sp with Western Gerygone. On to the main highway and east to Dartmouth rail which had 7sp with Bustards. On the run into Longreach there was a stretch of road with the bones and rotting corpses of thousands of kangaroos littering both sides of the road, it was an awful sight. Picked up fuel in Longreach on the west end of town at $107.9cpl which was the cheapest. The Thomson river boat ramp Longreach at the Apex camping site (which is now paid and you have to pay in Longreach) had 11sp with Black-fronted Dotterel and some very free range chickens. The Darr River site had only a large pool and 13sp with Diamond Dove. Dog Hole Ck was dry and had 8sp in the sparse trees. Lorraine Rest stop had water in both dams and the creek, and had 14sp with Rufous Songlark, Singing Bushlark and 4sp of Woodswallow. There’s been a serious amount of water dropped here recently, all the dams are full and the creeks have water in them. The grass has had time to grow, and the grasshoppers to breed by the million, so instead of the sides of the roads here being littered with roos there is a carpet of crushed grasshoppers on the road, and many lodged in my grill oozing yellow ichor. The dam west of Dillcar had 7sp with Australian Grebe and Brown Goshawk. The Myrall dam had 11sp with Brown Goshawk, Red Throated Honeyeater, Spotted Harrier, 6 Glossy Ibis and 150 Straw-necked Ibis. With so much water in the creeks I decided not to do the dirt road along the river and stayed on the bitumen, to avoid getting stuck with the caravan in tow. Stopped at Combo Waterhole NP at 16.20 and had a nice relax by the waterhole near the camp and watched the Rainbow Bee-eaters and Sacred Kingfishers zoom about whilst the Black Kites wheeled around overhead. Had 28sp by dark. There are a lot of flies here so I delayed dinner until just before dark. It got to 37 degrees, and I saw a foreigner cycling along with all his panniers, ah the memories. I got a photo of a young Gilbert’s Dragon. He was very cooperative and after a few minutes I saw a little head pop up from my knee, it had climbed up to get a better vantage point.

Tailed Forest Spider Harney’s Ln W Barcaldene

Spinifex Pigeons Combo Waterhole NP

old causeway Combo Waterhole NP

Rainbow Bee-eaters at Combo Waterhole NP

Young Gilbert’s Dragon Combo Waterhole NP

Speckled Brown Snake Combo Waterhole NP

18/3
Ended with 33sp after a nice walk to the still flowing creek over the old stone causeways that used to be used by the stage coaches and bullock trains. On the way out I thought I’d run over a snake, so went back to check it out, it was a very unhappy Speckled Brown Snake, but it seemed okay and soon slipped in to a crack in the ground. The first stop was a rest stop west of Kynuna which had 11sp, then at McKinley river I used the most westerly channel mainly because there was nowhere to stop on the long causeway. Saw a Rufous-throated Honeyeater at a nest low in a bush, after it left I quickly checked it out, but there was nothing inside. Got the first Horsefield’s Bronze Cuckoo for the trip. On to 60km South of Cloncurry which looked like beautiful spinifex, got 8sp with Grey-headed Honeyeater. The railway crossing east of Cloncurry just before the T junction at the end of the highway was hot and dry with not much movement, got 5sp with the first Red-backed Fairywren. Bought some food and filled up at the Woolworths pumps for $1.19cpl with a 4cpl discount voucher. Phoned Adels Grove to arrange passage through the mine as the roads are closed due to a lot of rain recently. It was 37 degrees as I headed north, stopping at Corella river for lunch and got 7sp. I took a bit of a chance and went to my site at the Leichardt river at Coolulah. The road in was fine as there were no major creeks to cross, but when I got to the river it was coursing over the causeway with nice pressure waves. The local mailman arrived in his Landcruiser and had no problems getting over, but I wouldn’t have done it. I was happy to camp on the north bank at 15.10 in the shade by the causeway and sucked on my icypoles and got a blood nose anyway. Unfortunately some local farm workers came down for a swim and with their music and splashing frightened all the birds away. They left well before dark and I had my peace again. Got some Long-tailed Finches, and found a wasp carrying around a praying mantis. It was landing near where I’d put out my solar panels, it would fly in and land, then do a circuit and land again, so I wonder if I’d covered up the hole it had dug to put it in. I was clambering up the bank and disturbed a wonderfully camouflaged praying mantis. Just on dark I stripped off and had a most enjoyable bath on the causeway, letting the warm water course over me and having a good scrub (with no soap). After I got back to the camper a Barking Owl started up and some Blue-winged Kookaburras also caroled.

White-winged Triller West of Kynuna

Eastern Bark Mantis Leichardt River Coolulah

19/3                                                                                               323km
There was only the Little Egret at the causeway in the morning. I thought there’d be a nice gathering of herons so was a bit disappointed, went for a walk back along the road and added a few more species to end with 43sp. My old site 10km south of Burke & Wills was a cattle damaged area, the rains had softened the substrate, and the cattle in their wanderings made big indentations in the ground, in one was a dead frog. I only got 3sp. The 104m mast west of Burke & Wills has a dam with a fence running through it, on the barbed wire top strand were two bat wings, I can picture the agony of the poor creature either strung up on the wire and easy meat for a passing carnivore, or having its wing torn off in flight and writhing around on the ground until it bled to death, just more evidence of our inappropriate farming practices in this land, our lack of empathy for our wildlife and the damage we are causing because of it. Ended up with 14sp. I went through a patch of open grassland where the cattle were bringing a lot of mud back onto the road, then adding their crap to that, the front of the caravan was splattered with the stuff, bloody hell what are we doing to this land? Stopped at a floodway east of Gregory with flowering trees in a nice intact woodland and got 13sp with Red-browed Pardalote. Got to the Century mine T junction and phoned Adels Grove to arrange the expected meeting with my chaperone through the mine, but found that they weren’t going to let me through, and can’t even try until Monday. So had lunch and did a survey and got 6sp with 11 Double-barred Finches in the damp gully. Drove back to camp at the Gregory Downs camp and had 28sp by the end of the day with White-gaped Honeyeater, Buff-sided Robin, Purple-crowned Fairywren and Brush Cuckoo as new. Just on dark a pair of Boobook Owls started up. A disappointing end to the day as I’m not where I expected to be, but a nice spot to be disappointed at.

Crimson Finch Gregory River camp

20/3                                                                                                   0km
Spent the day in the shade by the river relaxing.
21/3                                                                                                     103km
Finished the survey with not as many birds as expected for such a long survey, got up the rutted drive in low range 4wd and out to my site 8km north of Gregory, where at 8.30 it was already hot, and didn’t get much. Found the local council depot in Gregory and had a chat with them. They said that if I’d wait they’d let me come out with them when they went to inspect the road, some people had come in from Doomagee and had said the road was okay. It was 11.00 when we set off. Past the mine, the road was certainly damaged, but only one creek was running over the road and it wasn’t too high, a few small washaways were no problem and there were a few large pools I was able to mostly skirt around dragging the caravan through in 4wd. The worst creek crossing was the last one, with mud gathered up on the road cutting. Other vehicles through had had higher clearance than me but I was able to bulldoze my way through the still wet mud. I arrived at Adels Grove at 13.00 Set up camp, had lunch and was at work raking leaves by 13.30 getting the place ready for Easter.

Bird list for the trip. % is of the 55 surveys done. B is for breeding record

• Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae 1 (1.82%)
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 3 (5.45%)
• Grey Teal Anas gracilis 2 (3.64%)
• Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 3 (5.45%)
• Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 2 (3.64%)
• Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera 2 (3.64%)
• Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 3 (5.45%)
• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 18 (32.73%)
• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 5 (9.09%)
• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 15 (27.27%)
• Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 4 (7.27%)
• Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 2 (3.64%)
• Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 3 (5.45%)
• Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 3 (5.45%)
• Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 2 (3.64%)
• Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus 1 (1.82%)
• Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 2 (3.64%)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 4 (7.27%)
• Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus 1 (1.82%)
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 1 (1.82%)
• Brolga Antigone rubicunda 1 (1.82%)
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 1 (1.82%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 4 (7.27%)
• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 2 (3.64%)
• Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 2 (3.64%)
• Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 1 (1.82%)
• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 4 (7.27%)
• Great Egret Ardea alba 4 (7.27%)
• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 7 (12.73%)
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 (1.82%)
• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 1 (1.82%)
• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 2 (3.64%)
• Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 1 (1.82%)
• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 2 (3.64%)
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1 (1.82%)
• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (1.82%)
• Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 (1.82%)
• Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon 2 (3.64%)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 4 (7.27%)
• Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis 1 (1.82%)
• Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 5 (9.09%)
• Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 14 (25.45%)
• Black Kite Milvus migrans 19 (34.55%)
• Barking Owl Ninox connivens 1 (1.82%)
• Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 2 (3.64%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 11 (20.00%)
• Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 5 (9.09%)
• Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus 2 (3.64%)
• Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 1 (1.82%)
• Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 8 (14.55%)
• Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius 3 (5.45%)
• Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 4 (7.27%)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 3 (5.45%)
• Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 4 (7.27%)
• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (1.82%)
• Brown Falcon Falco berigora 3 (5.45%)
• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 10 (18.18%)
• Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 11 (20.00%)
• Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 2 (3.64%)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 6 (10.91%)
• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 10 (18.18%)
• Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 4 (7.27%)
• Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster 5 (9.09%)
• Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus 1 (1.82%)
• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 4 (7.27%)
• Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 2 (3.64%)
• Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 3 (5.45%)
• Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus 1 (1.82%)
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 7 (12.73%)
• Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus 5 (9.09%)
• Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 2 (3.64%)
• White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea 1 (1.82%)
• White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis 1 (1.82%)
• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 4 (7.27%)
• Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus 2 (3.64%)
• Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 4 (7.27%)
• Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 2 (3.64%)
• Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens 1 (1.82%)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 1 (1.82%)
• White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus 2 (3.64%)
• Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata 7 (12.73%)
• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 6 (10.91%)
• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 2 (3.64%)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 1 (1.82%)
• Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris 2 (3.64%)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 9 (16.36%)
• Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor 1 (1.82%)
• White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 2 (3.64%)
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 7 (12.73%)
• Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 7 (12.73%)
• Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi 2 (3.64%)
• Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula 1 (1.82%)
• Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 2 (3.64%)
• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 19 (34.55%)
• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 7 (12.73%)
• Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 13 (23.64%)
• Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 1 (1.82%)
• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 16 (29.09%)
• White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 1 (1.82%)
• Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca 1 (1.82%)
• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 15 (27.27%)
• Shy Heathwren Calamanthus cautus 1 (1.82%)
• Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis 1 (1.82%)
• Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 4 (7.27%)
• Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana 1 (1.82%)
• Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata 1 (1.82%)
• Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis 3 (5.45%)
• Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 5 (9.09%)
• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 9 (16.36%)
• Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 2 (3.64%)
• Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima 1 (1.82%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 9 (16.36%)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 3 (5.45%)
• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 7 (12.73%)
• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 13 (23.64%)
• Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 11 (20.00%)
• Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus 1 (1.82%)
• Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis 2 (3.64%)
• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 2 (3.64%)
• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 22 (40.00%)
• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 11 (20.00%)
• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 11 (20.00%)
• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 6 (10.91%)
• White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus 3 (5.45%)
• Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus 3 (5.45%)
• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 6 (10.91%)
• White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 8 (14.55%)
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 32 (58.18%)
• Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 2 (3.64%)
• Torresian Crow Corvus orru 1 (1.82%)
• Little Raven Corvus mellori 7 (12.73%)
• Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 26 (47.27%)
• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 9 (16.36%)
• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 27 (49.09%)
• White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 1 (1.82%)
• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 7 (12.73%)
• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 4 (7.27%)
• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 3 (5.45%)
• Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris 2 (3.64%)
• Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata 2 (3.64%)
• Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 8 (14.55%)
• Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata 1 (1.82%)
• Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 2 (3.64%) (B)
• Masked Finch Poephila personata 2 (3.64%)
• Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 1 (1.82%)
• Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 10 (18.18%)
• Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 3 (5.45%) (B)
• Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (1.82%)
• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 1 (1.82%)
• Horsfield’s Bushlark Mirafra javanica 3 (5.45%)
• Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 1 (1.82%)
• Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis 1 (1.82%)
• Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 8 (14.55%)
• Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 1 (1.82%)
• Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 2 (3.64%)
• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 3 (5.45%)
• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 7 (12.73%)
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 4 (7.27%)
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 1 (1.82%)

If you would like to contribute the the well being of this world, our world, your world, an easy and effective way to do it is to join a quality environmental group. There are many spread across the world all plugging away trying to make the world a better place for wildlife. We belong to Birdlife Australia, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). You can donate your time and or money to these and many others knowing that the world will be a slightly better place because of your effort.