Hi Grev (and birding-ausers),
Just read your report with interest, 'Bowra' is certainly a top place,
just a quick ask, are you certain that you saw Slaty-backed Thornbill
there? I have visited this area fairly regularly during the past 15
years and still haven't managed to see this species (though I've
recorded many pale Inland and Chestnut-rumped Thornbill)
I know that they are often reported from the Eulo - Cunnamulla area but
would like to see some evidence (photographic?) that proves that they
are in fact this bird.
My understanding of the bird is that they are more of a desert species,
so if anyone else can throw some light on the distribution of this
species I would welcome it.
Look forward to your comments,
Tom
Grev Reidy wrote:
As an addendum to Allan Morris report, Margaret and I spent 8 days at
Bowra about a fortnight after he and Rob Benson visited. We stayed in
our caravan, using electricity from the shearers' quarters, and using
superb hot showers, and, in our experience amazing, water-closet loos!
We were sited with a close view of the bore-fed lake. Every day Major
Mitchell cockatoos came to drink, or to eat the seeds of paddy-melons
(camel melons). That bird we think as beautifully coloured as
Cock-of-the-rock! We saw most of the birds Allan mentions, and found
Halls babbler the most common bird seen. One female Chestnut-breasted
quail thrush was all we could find, and a single pair of Bourke parrots.
There were many Slaty-backed thornbills near the stony hills.
We enjoyed Bowra very much, and are very grateful to Julie and Ian
for their kindness. We plan to return.
Grev Reidy
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