Gluepot update

Hi all, Some of you may think I start to sound like a broken record but birding at Gluepot continues to among the best since I started going out there 14 (!) years ago. Scarlet-chested Parrots continue to be seen (we had great views of two brilliantly-coloured male parrots at less than 10 m distance yesterday). They’ve now been present for almost two months. Hordes of birders have now twitched these birds and if you’re one of them and have forgotten, or not had a chance to, pay your entry fee or make a donation, please visit the Gluepot website ( www.riverland.net.au/~gluepot ) to do so – a small gesture compared to all the money spent on petrol etc…! Recently, good numbers of Black Honeyeaters have turned up and today the sky appeared full of their ‘see-see’ calls. Striated Grasswrens once again occupy most reasonably large patches of spinifex and an observer today counted at least 12 in one spot! Many birds are breeding and I spent a pleasant hour today wandering around photographing Crested Bellbirds, Varied Sittellas, Brown Treecreepers, White-winged Trillers, Hooded Robins, Chestnut Quail-thrushes and flocks of Woodswallows (photos on my website, below). Of course the sought-after Red-lored Whistler continues to be seen in a few places and Black-eared Miners are still regularly found in a few small flocks, unfortunately mostly outnumbered by hybrids. The vegetation is lush and colourful with many shrubs flowering at the moment, but things are finally starting to dry out a little. It’s looking very promising for the months ahead! cheers Peter