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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 1237449" data-attributes="member: 27337"><p><strong>Capertee Valley</strong></p><p></p><p>Chowie - Got the post, but I thought Grass Owl was not that far off range to be impossible. Too close for comfort with the latest rains ?</p><p></p><p>Lark - Weather's pretty unpredictable here at the mo, hot/cold/rain/dry/wind/still..sort of like England but wilder.</p><p></p><p>We're imobile in Sydney again, but had some great birding in Capertee Valley over the weekend. We parked up by the bridge at Glenowlan road thanks to a map sent by Birdboybowley (you're a star!), and by extension thanks to Birdforum. To get there take the road to Gen Davis from Capertee and turn left to Glen Alice after about 30km. Some of this is dirt road. Drive through Glen Alice and take the left signed Glenowlan Rd. Continue for 500m and bird the area along the river (flowing while we were there), and further along the road.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I woke in the morning to a world full of <strong>honeyeaters</strong>, and soon found the first of at least 5 <strong>Regent Honeyeaters</strong> seen within 200m of the car. This striking endangered bird is perhaps the most sought after of the valley's specialities. There were hundreds of other <strong>honeyeaters,</strong>, mostly <strong>Noisy Friarbird, White-naped, Fuscous, White-plumed </strong>and <strong>Yellow-faced</strong>, but also a couple each of <strong>Scarlet H</strong> and <strong>Yellow-tufted H</strong>.<strong> Little Lorikeet, Red-rumped Parrot </strong>and <strong>Common Bronzewing </strong>were in big numbers too, and other birds at this site included <strong>Diamond Firetail, Double-barred Finch, Wedge-tailed </strong>and <strong>Little Eagles</strong>, <strong>Hooded Robin, Jacky Winter, Australasian Grebe, Grey Shrike-Thrush</strong> and <strong>Restless Flycatcher</strong>.</p><p></p><p>A good spot we found was around Glen Alice graveyard, where a flock of <strong>Musk Lorikeets</strong> attracted attention to themselves by sounding half way between Little and Rainbow, perhaps not unexpectedly. Here also produced great views of a <strong>Spotted Harrier, White-browed Babbler, Zebra Dove, White-backed Swallow </strong>and more <strong>Diamond</strong> and <strong>Red-browed Firetails</strong> </p><p></p><p>Other birds seen in the valley in general included <strong>White-winged Chough, Brown Falcon, White-headed Kite, Nankeen Kestrel, Yellow-rumped Thornbill </strong>and a <strong>Rufous Songlark</strong>.</p><p></p><p>The dump above the campsite in Glen Davis was quite productive, including an <strong>Origma</strong> and some <strong>Weebills</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We then drove back up towards Capertee, parking up at a pulloff marked by a green park sign, about 13km before the junction at Capertee, on the left as you go back up. Birding around here produced a different set of birds, including <strong>White-eared </strong>and <strong>Brown-headed Honeyeaters</strong> and Buff-rumped Thornbill. Best of all, I was rewarded on my prebreakfast walk by great views of a female <strong>Spotted Quail-thrush</strong> bobbing nervously on a fallen log! This was one of 3 birds flushed while walking through the sparsely wooded tussocky flatish area parallel to the road, about 100m from the green sign in the direction of Glen Davis. Wow! When I returned to make coffee a gorgeous male <strong>Scarlet Robin </strong> oversaw the process. </p><p></p><p>On the way back to Sydney we stopped briefly at Evan's lookout near Blackheath, and jammed 2 <strong>Superb Lyrebirds</strong>. A similar stop at Katoomba produced 2 <strong>Satin Bowerbirds</strong>.</p><p></p><p>876 White-winged Chough</p><p>877 Wedge-tailed Eagle</p><p>878 Red-rumped Parrot</p><p>879 Jacky Winter</p><p>880 Common Bronzewing</p><p>881 Rufous Songlark</p><p>882 Fuscous Honeyeater</p><p>883 Brown Treecreeper</p><p>884 Little Lorikeet</p><p>885 <strong>REGENT HONEYEATER</strong></p><p>886 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater</p><p>887 Double-barred Finch</p><p>888 <strong>DIAMOND FIRETAIL</strong></p><p>889 Australasian Grebe</p><p>890 Hooded Robin</p><p>891 Grey Shrike-Thrush</p><p>892 Restless Flycatcher</p><p>893 Little Eagle</p><p>894 <strong>SCARLET HONEYEATER</strong></p><p>895 White-browed Babbler</p><p>896 White-backed Swallow</p><p>897 Zebra Dove</p><p>898 Yellow-rumped Thornbill</p><p>899 Brown Falcon</p><p>900 White-headed Kite</p><p>901 Weebill</p><p>902 Origma</p><p>903 <strong>MUSK LORIKEET</strong></p><p>904 <strong>SPOTTED HARRIER</strong></p><p>905 White-eared Honeyeater</p><p>906 Brown-headed Honeyeater</p><p>907 Buff-rumped Thornbill</p><p>908 <strong>SPOTTED QUAIL-THRUSH</strong></p><p>909 Scarlet Robin</p><p>910 Striated Thornbill</p><p>911 Superb Lyrebird</p><p>912 Satin Bowerbird</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Sweetland, post: 1237449, member: 27337"] [b]Capertee Valley[/b] Chowie - Got the post, but I thought Grass Owl was not that far off range to be impossible. Too close for comfort with the latest rains ? Lark - Weather's pretty unpredictable here at the mo, hot/cold/rain/dry/wind/still..sort of like England but wilder. We're imobile in Sydney again, but had some great birding in Capertee Valley over the weekend. We parked up by the bridge at Glenowlan road thanks to a map sent by Birdboybowley (you're a star!), and by extension thanks to Birdforum. To get there take the road to Gen Davis from Capertee and turn left to Glen Alice after about 30km. Some of this is dirt road. Drive through Glen Alice and take the left signed Glenowlan Rd. Continue for 500m and bird the area along the river (flowing while we were there), and further along the road. I woke in the morning to a world full of [B]honeyeaters[/B], and soon found the first of at least 5 [B]Regent Honeyeaters[/B] seen within 200m of the car. This striking endangered bird is perhaps the most sought after of the valley's specialities. There were hundreds of other [B]honeyeaters,[/B], mostly [B]Noisy Friarbird, White-naped, Fuscous, White-plumed [/B]and [B]Yellow-faced[/B], but also a couple each of [B]Scarlet H[/B] and [B]Yellow-tufted H[/B].[B] Little Lorikeet, Red-rumped Parrot [/B]and [B]Common Bronzewing [/B]were in big numbers too, and other birds at this site included [B]Diamond Firetail, Double-barred Finch, Wedge-tailed [/B]and [B]Little Eagles[/B], [B]Hooded Robin, Jacky Winter, Australasian Grebe, Grey Shrike-Thrush[/B] and [B]Restless Flycatcher[/B]. A good spot we found was around Glen Alice graveyard, where a flock of [B]Musk Lorikeets[/B] attracted attention to themselves by sounding half way between Little and Rainbow, perhaps not unexpectedly. Here also produced great views of a [B]Spotted Harrier, White-browed Babbler, Zebra Dove, White-backed Swallow [/B]and more [B]Diamond[/B] and [B]Red-browed Firetails[/B] Other birds seen in the valley in general included [B]White-winged Chough, Brown Falcon, White-headed Kite, Nankeen Kestrel, Yellow-rumped Thornbill [/B]and a [B]Rufous Songlark[/B]. The dump above the campsite in Glen Davis was quite productive, including an [B]Origma[/B] and some [B]Weebills[/B]. We then drove back up towards Capertee, parking up at a pulloff marked by a green park sign, about 13km before the junction at Capertee, on the left as you go back up. Birding around here produced a different set of birds, including [B]White-eared [/B]and [B]Brown-headed Honeyeaters[/B] and Buff-rumped Thornbill. Best of all, I was rewarded on my prebreakfast walk by great views of a female [B]Spotted Quail-thrush[/B] bobbing nervously on a fallen log! This was one of 3 birds flushed while walking through the sparsely wooded tussocky flatish area parallel to the road, about 100m from the green sign in the direction of Glen Davis. Wow! When I returned to make coffee a gorgeous male [B]Scarlet Robin [/B] oversaw the process. On the way back to Sydney we stopped briefly at Evan's lookout near Blackheath, and jammed 2 [B]Superb Lyrebirds[/B]. A similar stop at Katoomba produced 2 [B]Satin Bowerbirds[/B]. 876 White-winged Chough 877 Wedge-tailed Eagle 878 Red-rumped Parrot 879 Jacky Winter 880 Common Bronzewing 881 Rufous Songlark 882 Fuscous Honeyeater 883 Brown Treecreeper 884 Little Lorikeet 885 [B]REGENT HONEYEATER[/B] 886 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater 887 Double-barred Finch 888 [B]DIAMOND FIRETAIL[/B] 889 Australasian Grebe 890 Hooded Robin 891 Grey Shrike-Thrush 892 Restless Flycatcher 893 Little Eagle 894 [B]SCARLET HONEYEATER[/B] 895 White-browed Babbler 896 White-backed Swallow 897 Zebra Dove 898 Yellow-rumped Thornbill 899 Brown Falcon 900 White-headed Kite 901 Weebill 902 Origma 903 [B]MUSK LORIKEET[/B] 904 [B]SPOTTED HARRIER[/B] 905 White-eared Honeyeater 906 Brown-headed Honeyeater 907 Buff-rumped Thornbill 908 [B]SPOTTED QUAIL-THRUSH[/B] 909 Scarlet Robin 910 Striated Thornbill 911 Superb Lyrebird 912 Satin Bowerbird [/QUOTE]
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