Wyperfeld NP

Last Saturday, we took a drive in the late afternoon from the Casuarina Campground. We pulled up for a bit of a look around and spent some time looking at Rufous Fieldwrens. The whole thing was disturbed when 4 vehicles came towards us, and one peeled off to start chasing 3 emu across the grassy plain, shooting at them. Three emu were chased down and shot. At some point, the people in the vehicles became aware of our presence, and three of them sped up and drove past us. The shooter finished off the last emu and that vehicle drove off back the way it came. It was an act of senseless slaughter, and we can only assume that each of the vehicles had shooters on board and there would be a lot of killing that night. Early on Sunday morning, Bev heard a Gilberts Whistler calling, and I was able to pick it up when I put the hearing aids in. It kept going and we decided to look for it. Eventually, about 300m away, we had very good looks at a male . It was still calling from the same spot when we left at midday. Monday, Brown-headed Honeyeaters were found near the Wonga Campground. They are not included on the park list. Tuesday, Chestnut Quail-thrush also not on the list, was seen on the Dattuck Track, out from Wonga Campground. Peter and Bev Morgan =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================