September 2024
Rufous Songlark, calling in paddock near Calala Creek (first sighting for this Spring)
Golden-headed Cisticola, paddock end of Gordon St Calala (now in breeding plumage, with a golden head, not striped)
This evening, September 8, I went outside to see what the commotion was and there were two Masked Lapwings carrying on as they were out with their two dear little babies. Not very well behaved yet as they ran amuck on the path, along the road and in and out people’s front gates! Very entertaining even if very rowdy. Joan
August 2024
These birds are all common in Tamworth, but the fact that they are in my garden is special. Thanks to a resident Red Wattlebird and Pied Butcherbird, I rarely see other species apart from parrots. Thanks to a profusely flowering ironbark, and grevilleas in the last 24 hours I have had Eastern Spinebills, Brown, White-plumed, and Yellow-faced Honeyeaters as well as Rainbow Lorikeets and Noisy Friarbirds. I am over the moon! Annabel
On 6th August I was fortunate enough to see a White Goshawk in Johnston Street North Tamworth. It was a female in white morph. I thought it was a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo sitting in a dead cypress but after it had taken off and circled over me twice, I realised what it was. We had them breed on our farm at Apollo Bay and this is the first I have seen in our area. Joan
4 Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos, over Myrl St, Calala
8 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, paddock at end of Gordon St Calala (first time seen for 11 weeks)
Dusky Woodswallow, Crested Shrike-tit, Brown Treecreeper, Wondoba SCA
6 Great Cormorant, flying over Gordon St, Calala
Dusky Woodswallow, Wondoba SCA
Brown Quail, paddock at end of Gordon Street Calala
7 Torresian Crows, Gordon Street Calala
Striated Pardalote, Gordon Street Calala
17 Purple Swamp Hens, Lampada dams, Calala
July 2024
Black Falcon, Gordon Street Calala
2 Yellow Thornbills, Gordon Street Calala
3 Brown Quail, paddock at end of Gordon Street Calala
39 species sighted on paddock walk Calala, including Brown Goshawk and Flame Robin pair
2 Peaceful Doves, near bridges on Calala Lane
Male Flame Robin, end of Myrl Street Calala
3 Blue-faced Honeyeaters, Gordon Street Calala
Hobby, Pied Currawong, Pied Butcherbird and juvenile Collared Sparrowhawk all sitting in same bare tree, Gordon Street Calala
June 2024
Hobby, The Outlook, Myrl Street Calala. In Myrl Street early in the morning, a pair of Hobbies were in display flight, when interrupted by a third. Two (I assume the males) then were swooping and attacking each other, while the third (presumably the female) sat on a lamp post, tearing the feathers off a small bird, completely unconcerned about the others!
Pair of Flame Robins, in paddock near bridges on Calala Lane.
3 Peaceful Doves, in trees near bridges on Calala Lane.
Whistling Kite, pair Black-shouldered Kites, Collared Sparrowhawk, Nankeen Kestrel – all seen on walk around paddock north of The Outlook, Calala.
Golden-headed Cisticola, in paddock end of Gordon Street Calala
Australian Pelican X 12 on Tamworth Racecourse Dam
Pair of Striated Pardalotes in Liquid Amber, Gordon Street Calala
May 2024
Pair Whistling Kites, Gordon Street Calala
Female / juvenile Golden Whistlers (2)
Wedge-tailed Eagle pair being chased by Australian Ravens at Moore Creek
Red-rumped Parrot 87 going to roost just on dusk at Daruka Road Tamworth
Black Falcon, Myrl Street Calala
Collared Sparrowhawk on prey, Gordon Street Calala
Juvenile Golden Whistler, Gordon Street Calala
3 Black Falcons over Myrl Street Calala (a pair, chased by a third)
Restless Flycatcher, near bridges on Calala Lane
Little Eagle (pale morph), being harassed by a pair of Black-shouldered Kites, paddock near bridges on Calala Lane
Little Eagle (dark morph), paddock end of Gordon Street Calala
10 Pelicans, flying over Gordon Street Calala
April 2024
Juvenile White-bellied Sea-Eagle, flying over Gordon Street Calala
White-backed Swallows at Moore Creek
Singing Honeyeater, Gordon Street Calala
Brown Quail, Jacky Winter, paddock at end of Graham Street Calala
Grey Fantail, Gordon Street Calala
Golden Whistler near Tamworth Lookout
Brown Quail, Peaceful Dove, Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, near bridges on Calala Lane
March 2024
Sacred Kingfisher at ‘Gunagulla’, Loomberah
Great Cormorant at Bridge Club Lagoon Tamworth Crested Shrike-tit, Olive-backed Oriole, Little Eagle, Jacky Winter, Red-capped Robin – Attunga State Forest
2 Reed Warblers – near bridges on Calala Lane
Speckled Warbler, ‘Ravensfield’, Appleby
2 Golden-headed Cisticola in non-breeding plumage (striped head, not golden); in paddock end of Graham Street Calala
Dead Tawny Frogmouth – Davidsons Road (middle of the road) Moore Creek
February 2024
Golden-headed Cisticola in paddock end of Gordon Street Calala
Painted Honeyeater, Rangari Roadside (near Rangari Creek)
2 Magpies attacking 6 Common (Indian) Mynas Riverside Playing Fields (near baseball clubhouse)
Collared Sparrowhawk; Gordon Street Calala
Black Falcon, Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, 5 Brown Quail, Golden-headed Cisticola; in paddocks near Gordon Street Calala
Golden-headed Cisticola in tall grass Swan Street North Tamworth
Speckled Warbler 2 at Tamworth Botanic Gardens
Cattle Egret 100+ in dead tree in Barnes Gully Tamworth
Purple-backed Fairy-wren at Glengarvin Reserve, Peel River, Oxley Vale
Golden-headed Cisticola at Glengarvin Reserve, Peel River, Oxley Vale
January 2024
Great Egret on Tamworth Racecourse Lagoon
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, 1 male, 7 female / immature, near bridges on Calala Lane
Black Swan 2 on Tamworth Race Course Lagoon
Plum-headed Finch, 2 adult, 2 immature, first sighting for this area, in paddock at end of Graham Street Calala
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, Australian Hobby, Golden-headed Cisticola (first sighting for area), near bridges on Calala Lane
Striped Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Speckled Warbler, Turquoise Parrot, Attunga SF
White-necked Heron, Moore Creek Rd. near Browns Lane
Juvenile Collared Sparrowhawk, took Spotted Dove in my backyard, Calala
Plum-headed Finch, 6, in paddock at end of Graham Street Calala
White-browed Scrubwren, near bridges on Calala Lane, first sighting for this area
Crested Shrike-tit, Turquoise Parrot, Olive-backed Oriole, Bar-shouldered Dove, Speckled Warbler, Wondobah SCA
Brown Quail, 3, in paddock at end of Graham Street Calala
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, Golden-headed Cisticola, Black-shouldered Kite, Dollarbird, near bridges on Calala Lane