Hi All,
On Tuesday last week I spent the day and evening up at Lamington NP, birding and spotlighting. Turned up a few good things, with some good birds and a few good mammals as well.
I started out down Duck Creek Rd (with a 4WD this time) and picked up Red-browed Treecreeper, Black-faced Monarch and a pair of Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos with a begging youngster. At Shepard’s Lookout turned up the female Spotted Quail-Thrush who gave good views.
Up at O’Reilly’s there was still a male Rose Robin singing, but only the one Regent Bowerbird (a female) which surprised me; I thought there might still be a couple of males around. Along the Border Track there was Green Catbird, a single female Paradise Riflebird and Noisy Pitta, but nothing else out of the ordinary.
After dark it was off down Duck Creek Rd again for some spotlighting. Turned up a couple of Sugar Gliders and some good frogs including Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis) and Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus). Southern Boobook was the only nocturnal bird recorded. I was hoping I might turn up a Masked or Sooty Owl, but no luck.
Highlight for the day (and night) was on the way back down the mountain when a Brush-tailed Phascogale ran across the road, not far past Cainbable. I stopped and got fantastic views of this very elusive mammal, scurrying around the branches of a tree. A great end to the day.
Good birding!
Nick Leseberg Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com
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Hi Laurie, and anyone else interested,
There is a lot of water on the upper reaches of the road, but provided your vehicle has clearance most of it is not a concern. There is one large ditch along the rainforest section of the road, about 200m before you enter the open woodland that would be difficult to negotiate without a 4WD. There is another ditch in the open section of the road before you get to Shepard’s Lookout that requires at least a lot of clearance, if not a 4WD. In my younger days I may have tried to get down it in my old Corolla, but not anymore…
Regards and good birding!
Nick
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Thanks Nick
For the record, could you please describe the current state of Duck Creek Road. Are there any genuinely difficult bits on it or is it just a bit rough?
Regards, Laurie.
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