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<blockquote data-quote="podargus" data-source="post: 2937692" data-attributes="member: 109359"><p><strong><u>22/11/11 – Blue Mountains</u></strong></p><p>I flew down to Sydney to meet up with my parents, who’d come out for a 3 week visit. This meant I had a few weeks of travelling a bit more comfortably than I had been, staying in motels and being driven rather than using public transport.</p><p>To start with we were staying with some relatives who live just by the Blue Mountains at Wallacia. I arrived fairly late in the day, but a walk down to a river by their house gave me views of my first <strong>White-throated Gerygones</strong> as well as a few <strong>Satin Bowerbirds</strong>, and the dam there had an <strong>Australian Pelican</strong> and a <strong>White-bellied Sea Eagle</strong> among others. While sat on their veranda in the evening, a few beautiful <strong>Eastern Rosellas</strong> flew up to roost in a large tree, and a <strong>Red Fox</strong> trotted around the dam below.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>24/11/11</u></strong></p><p>Many honeyeaters were being attracted to some flowering Eucalypts by the house, and as well as <strong>Yellow-faced</strong> and <strong>Scarlet</strong> there were a few <strong>White-naped Honeyeaters</strong>, a first for me. A <strong>Red-whiskered Bulbul </strong>also showed up in the garden, and some <strong>Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos</strong> went over.</p><p>During the day we visited the nearby Bent’s Basin Reserve. I visited this spot again in January, and despite noticing the nice sandstone outcrops on both occasions I didn’t think Rock Warbler would be there as it’s just a small local reserve which I hadn’t heard of previously. It turns out that this is a top site for the species, and if I’d put in a bit of effort I probably could’ve found them fairly easily – I wish I’d done some research!</p><p>It still turned out to be a really good area, with <strong>Eastern Spinebill</strong>, <strong>Yellow</strong> (which were actually yellow, unlike the buffy outback birds) and <strong>Striated Thornbill</strong>, <strong>Satin Bowerbird</strong> and <strong>White-throated Treecreeper</strong> being seen soon after we’d arrived. A call, described perfectly in the fieldguide as a monotonous whooping, lead me to my first <strong>Wonga Pigeon</strong> sat high in a tree. We also had distant views of a <strong>White-headed Pigeon</strong>, and there were a few <strong>Common Bronzewings</strong> around.</p><p><strong>Eastern Grey Kangaroo</strong>, <strong>Red-necked Wallaby</strong>, <strong>Eastern Water Dragon</strong> and <strong>Eastern Blue–tongue</strong> were also seen in the area.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>26/11/11</u></strong></p><p>We were flying up to Brisbane on this day, but before leaving I saw a couple of <strong>Brown Gerygones </strong>moving through the garden. I also heard a <strong>Blackbird</strong> calling nearby, but didn’t quite have to motivation to go and track it down...</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Birds</u></strong></p><p><strong>255. White-throated Gerygone</strong></p><p><strong>256. Eastern Rosella</strong></p><p><strong>257. White-naped Honeyeater</strong></p><p><strong>258. Red-whiskered Bulbul</strong></p><p><strong>259. Striated Thornbill</strong></p><p><strong>260. Wonga Pigeon</strong></p><p><strong>261. White-headed Pigeon</strong></p><p><strong>262. Brown Gerygone</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Mammals</u></strong></p><p>21. Red Fox</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="podargus, post: 2937692, member: 109359"] [B][U]22/11/11 – Blue Mountains[/U][/B] I flew down to Sydney to meet up with my parents, who’d come out for a 3 week visit. This meant I had a few weeks of travelling a bit more comfortably than I had been, staying in motels and being driven rather than using public transport. To start with we were staying with some relatives who live just by the Blue Mountains at Wallacia. I arrived fairly late in the day, but a walk down to a river by their house gave me views of my first [B]White-throated Gerygones[/B] as well as a few [B]Satin Bowerbirds[/B], and the dam there had an [B]Australian Pelican[/B] and a [B]White-bellied Sea Eagle[/B] among others. While sat on their veranda in the evening, a few beautiful [B]Eastern Rosellas[/B] flew up to roost in a large tree, and a [B]Red Fox[/B] trotted around the dam below. [B][U]24/11/11[/U][/B] Many honeyeaters were being attracted to some flowering Eucalypts by the house, and as well as [B]Yellow-faced[/B] and [B]Scarlet[/B] there were a few [B]White-naped Honeyeaters[/B], a first for me. A [B]Red-whiskered Bulbul [/B]also showed up in the garden, and some [B]Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos[/B] went over. During the day we visited the nearby Bent’s Basin Reserve. I visited this spot again in January, and despite noticing the nice sandstone outcrops on both occasions I didn’t think Rock Warbler would be there as it’s just a small local reserve which I hadn’t heard of previously. It turns out that this is a top site for the species, and if I’d put in a bit of effort I probably could’ve found them fairly easily – I wish I’d done some research! It still turned out to be a really good area, with [B]Eastern Spinebill[/B], [B]Yellow[/B] (which were actually yellow, unlike the buffy outback birds) and [B]Striated Thornbill[/B], [B]Satin Bowerbird[/B] and [B]White-throated Treecreeper[/B] being seen soon after we’d arrived. A call, described perfectly in the fieldguide as a monotonous whooping, lead me to my first [B]Wonga Pigeon[/B] sat high in a tree. We also had distant views of a [B]White-headed Pigeon[/B], and there were a few [B]Common Bronzewings[/B] around. [B]Eastern Grey Kangaroo[/B], [B]Red-necked Wallaby[/B], [B]Eastern Water Dragon[/B] and [B]Eastern Blue–tongue[/B] were also seen in the area. [B][U]26/11/11[/U][/B] We were flying up to Brisbane on this day, but before leaving I saw a couple of [B]Brown Gerygones [/B]moving through the garden. I also heard a [B]Blackbird[/B] calling nearby, but didn’t quite have to motivation to go and track it down... [B][U]Birds[/U][/B] [B]255. White-throated Gerygone 256. Eastern Rosella 257. White-naped Honeyeater 258. Red-whiskered Bulbul 259. Striated Thornbill 260. Wonga Pigeon 261. White-headed Pigeon 262. Brown Gerygone[/B] [B][U]Mammals[/U][/B] 21. Red Fox [/QUOTE]
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