Twitchathon early moves

Here is how we spent the first few minutes of twitchathon 2015! We had to walk / wade through waist high water to get out to Pelican Island. Some of the birds we saw there are nowhere else within 30kms from here. The main ones we scored here were Mangrove Gerygone, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eastern Curlew, Pied Oystecatcher, Osprey, Gull-billed and Common Terns. The Mangrove Gerygone came up close to us after a whistle just prior to kick-off at 4pm!

After we waddled back to the carpark dripping wet we shot off to our next site where I located a sole female Southern Emu-wren lurking in the undergrowth. A minute later we were all also onto a stunning male Red-backed Fairy-wren which was a surprise as I thought we would miss it on this twitch! Happy days as our score began to climb ......

Raven On Twitch 2015

This year's NSW / ACT Twitchathon is over. Raven On competed in the champagne race, and we won it comfortably! We totaled 195 species in 24 hours, and the next best was 155. Yet I could write a story about all the species we missed. But who wants to hear that! Here is a list of our best species:
- Osprey
- Mangrove Gerygone
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Whimbrel
- Eastern Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Brahminy Kite
- Southern Emu-wren
- Red-backed Fairy-wren
- Latham's Snipe
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Emerald Dove
- Red-browed Treecreeper
- Rufous Scrubbird
- Bassian Thrush
- Paradise Riflebird
- Turquoise Parrot
- Black-chinned Honeyeater
- Brown Treecreeper
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
- Black-eared Cuckoo
- Blue-billed Duck
- Musk Duck
- Australasian Shoveler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Western Gerygone
- Grey-crowned Babbler
- Speckled Warbler
- Painted Honeyeater