We recently returned from an 8 day visit to Bladensburg NP (just south of Winton Queensland) where we spent the time doing bird surveys with Andrew Ley and his group. We tried to survey as much of the park as we could access. Saw many great birds. We saw several pairs of Rufous-crowned Emu-wrens including in the car park area at Lark Quarry Conservation Area where we also did some survey work. The only Striated Grass-wrens were near the airport at Lark Quarry – we found none in Bladensburg NP. Spinifexbirds were very common in the Park and there were plenty of Hall’s Babblers in the southern part. We did not find any Pictorella Mannikins on the trip. We had several sightings of Painted Finches. All in all a great trip and it was good to explore the park so thoroughly.
Over the past 20 years or so, Andrew and his team have systematically surveyed Currawinya, Diamantina and now Bladensburg NP’s. Andrew is an extremely experienced ornithologist and has been awarded the 2010 Hobbs Medal from Birds Australia (for his efforts as an amateur ornithologist).
Cheers
Roy
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