Regent Honeyeater

Howdy Folks,

Last Friday (when I should've been studying) took off up to Pelton near Cessnock to look for Regent Honeyeaters. Had some up to date info from Mick Roderick (you're a champion Mick) and with that and some google map prints, headed off into the bush. It was raining the whole time, and that road/track/trail is a shambles! It was super muddy the whole way, and really, really slippery. Anyway - success was had, birds were seen, and photos taken.

You can see the photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtroy/

I've got my final exam for the semester this afternoon, so will be out and about heaps more over the next 4-5 weeks, before getting back into it.

Cheers

Campsie House list

3 posts in 2 days. I don't know what's going on.

Here's the house/street list for Campsie.

Chestnut Teal - Anas castanea
Northern Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Rock Dove* - Columba livia
Spotted Turtle-Dove* - Streptopelia chinensis
White-throated Needletail* - Hirundapus caudacutus
Fork-tailed Swift* - Apus pacificus
Australian Pelican* - Pelecanus conspicillatus
Eastern Great Egret - Ardea modesta
Nankeen Night-Heron - Nycticorax caledonicus
Australian White Ibis* - Threskiornis molucca
Dusky Moorhen - Gallinula tenebrosa
Masked Lapwing - Vanellus miles
Silver Gull* - Croicocephalus novaehollandiae
Galah* - Eolophus roseicapillus
Little Corella* - Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo* - Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet* - Trichoglossus haematodus
Eastern Rosella* - Platycercus eximius
Red-rumped Parrot* - Psephotus haematonotus
Eastern Koel* - Eudynamys orientalis
Channel-billed Cuckoo* - Scythrops novaehollandiae
Superb Fairy-wren* - Malurus cyaneus
Spotted Pardalote* - Pardalotus punctatus
White-plumed Honeyeater* - Lichenostomus penicillatus
Noisy Miner* - Manorina melanocephala
Red Wattlebird* - Anthochaera carunculata
New Holland Honeyeater* - Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Australian Magpie* - Gymnorhina tibicen
Australian Raven* - Corvus coronoides
Silvereye* - Zosterops lateralis
Welcome Swallow* - Hirundo neoxena
Tree Martin - Petrochelidon nigricans
Red-whiskered Bulbul* - Pycnonotus jocosus
Common Blackbird* - Turdus merula
Common Starling* - Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna* - Sturnus tristis
House Sparrow* - Passer domesticus
37 species for street
* = seen in/flying over backyard

Current Tallies etc

2 posts in 2 days. What's going on!

Here's my current tallies, ripped straight from Facebook.

Tallies as at 28/5/09
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Year: 253
Aus Life List: 461
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NSW List: 364
QLD List: 231
VIC List: 176
ACT List: 75
TAS List: 37

and here's a link to a google maps screen grab showing all the spots I've been to. This will get updated after major trips, not just showing new spots in Sydney etc. So, expect a newer version mid September after I get back from Brisbane, and possibly July if we end up going to Melbourne.

Since December, this blog should be called "Campsie-birder"

Have moved house. If I knew how to fix these things, this blog would now be called The Campsie-birder.

Some highlights of Sydney birding in the inner outer west.

* There's a Nankeen Night Heron in the Cooks River.
* The house list is at about 34 in 6 months, which absolutely shits over the 10 year Erskineville house list of 16 over 10 years.
* The cats have learnt not to attack the New Holland Honeyeaters - Bella (the young, smaller one) caught one, but I rescued and released it - it's all good. She spent the next 2 weeks indoors. She has not attempted to attack one since. woohoo.

At Erskineville - my spys tell me that Black Swans attempted, but failed, to breed at Sydney Park.