Black-necked Stork Stork Black-necked Barking Owl Owl Barking Red-kneed Dotterel Dotterel Red-kneed

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Winter Jacky □ □ Little Friarbird Friarbird Little □ □ Ph: 02 6757 3222 3222 6757 02 Ph:

Brush Cuckoo Cuckoo Brush □ □

Black-fronted Dotterel Dotterel Black-fronted Australian Pelican Pelican Australian

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21 Auburn Street Moree Moree Street Auburn 21 Australian Raven Raven Australian Noisy Friarbird Friarbird Noisy □ □ □ □

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cuckoo Fan-tailed □ □

Council Offices Offices Council Red-capped Plover Plover Red-capped Pied Cormorant Cormorant Pied

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Willie Wagtail Wagtail Willie □ □ Blue-faced Honeyeater Honeyeater Blue-faced □ □

or Moree Plains Shire Shire Plains Moree or Pallid Cuckoo Cuckoo Pallid

□ □

Red-necked Avocet Avocet Red-necked

□ □ Little Black Cormrant Cormrant Black Little

□ □

Grey Fantail Fantail Grey □ □ Black Honeyeater Honeyeater Black □ □

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Bronze-Cuckoo Shining

□ □

Black-winged Stilt Stilt Black-winged

□ □ Great Cormorant Cormorant Great

□ □

Apostlebird Apostlebird □ □ Brown-headed Honeyeater Honeyeater Brown-headed □ □ Ph: 02 6757 3350 3350 6757 02 Ph:

Black-eared Cuckoo Cuckoo Black-eared

□ □

Bush Stone-curlew Stone-curlew Bush

□ □ Little Pied Cormorant Cormorant Pied Little □ □

Gwydir Highways, Moree. Moree. Highways, Gwydir White-winged Chough Chough White-winged □ □ Black-chinned Honeyeater Honeyeater Black-chinned □ □

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Bronze-Cuckoo Horsfield's

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Moree, cnr Newell and and Newell cnr Moree,

Australian Bustard Bustard Australian

□ □ Australasian Darter Darter Australasian □ □

Magpie-lark Magpie-lark □ □ Scarlet Honeyeater Honeyeater Scarlet □ □

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Channel-billed Cuckoo Cuckoo Channel-billed

□ □

Black-tailed Native-hen Native-hen Black-tailed

□ □ Fork-tailed Swift Swift Fork-tailed □ □

Restless Flycatcher Flycatcher Restless □ □ White-fronted Chat Chat White-fronted □ □

Eastern Koel Koel Eastern

□ □

Purple Swamphen Swamphen Purple

□ □ White-throated Needletail Needletail White-throated □ □

Leaden Flycatcher Flycatcher Leaden □ □ Red Wattlebird Wattlebird Red □ □

Turquoise Parrot Parrot Turquoise

□ □

Brolga Brolga □ □ Australian Owlet-nightjar Owlet-nightjar Australian □ □

Torresian Crow Crow Torresian □ □ Regent Honeyeater Honeyeater Regent □ □

Budgerigar Budgerigar

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Peregrine Falcon Falcon Peregrine

□ □

White-throated Nightjar Nightjar White-throated

□ □

Little Raven Raven Little □ □

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Honeyeater Spiny-cheeked

□

Red-rumped Parrot Parrot Red-rumped □ □

Black Falcon Falcon Black □ □ □ Tawny Frogmouth Frogmouth Tawny □ □

Pied Currawong Currawong Pied □ □ Yellow-throated Miner Miner Yellow-throated □ □

Blue Bonnet Bonnet Blue □ □

□ Bar-shouldered Dove Dove Bar-shouldered □ □ Australian Hobby Hobby Australian □ □

Australian Magpie Magpie Australian □ □ Noisy Miner Miner Noisy □ □

Mallee Ringneck Ringneck Mallee

□ □

Other birds birds Other □ □ Peaceful Dove Dove Peaceful □ □ Brown Falcon Falcon Brown □ □

Pied Butcherbird Butcherbird Pied □ □ White-plumed Honeyeater Honeyeater White-plumed □ □

Pale-headed Rosella Rosella Pale-headed

□ □

Diamond Dove Dove Diamond □ □ Nankeen Kestrel Kestrel Nankeen □ □

Grey Butcherbird Butcherbird Grey

□ □ House Sparrow Sparrow House

Fuscous Honeyeater Honeyeater Fuscous □ □

Eastern Rosella Rosella Eastern □ □

Squatter Pigeon Pigeon Squatter

□ □ Little Eagle Eagle Little □ □

Little Woodswallow Woodswallow Little □ □ Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Honeyeater Yellow-tufted □ □

Diamond Firetail Firetail Diamond □ □

Crimson Rosella Rosella Crimson □ □

Crested Pigeon Pigeon Crested

□ □ Wedge-tailed Eagle Eagle Wedge-tailed □ □

Dusky Woodswallow Woodswallow Dusky □ □ White-eared Honeyeater Honeyeater White-eared □ □

Red-browed Finch Finch Red-browed □ □

Red-winged Parrot Parrot Red-winged □ □

Common Bronzewing Bronzewing Common □ □ Spotted Harrier Harrier Spotted □ □

Black-faced Woodswallow Woodswallow Black-faced □ □ Singing Honeyeater Honeyeater Singing

Plum-headed Finch Finch Plum-headed □ □

□ □

Australian King-Parrot King-Parrot Australian

□ □

Rock Dove Dove Rock Collared Sparrowhawk Sparrowhawk Collared □ □ □ □

low low □ □ Yellow-faced Honeyeater Honeyeater Yellow-faced

Double-barred Finch Finch Double-barred □ □

□ □

Little Lorikeet Lorikeet Little □ □

White-browed Woodswal- White-browed

Brown Goshawk Goshawk Brown Great Crested Grebe Grebe Crested Great □ □ □ □

Zebra Finch Finch Zebra

Striated Pardalote Pardalote Striated □ □

□ □

Masked Woodswallow Woodswallow Masked □ □ Musk Lorikeet Lorikeet Musk □ □

Black Kite Kite Black □ □ Hoary-headed Grebe Grebe Hoary-headed □ □

Mistletoebird Mistletoebird □ □

Spotted Pardalote Pardalote Spotted

□ □

Olive-backed Oriole Oriole Olive-backed □ □ Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Lorikeet Scaly-breasted □ □

Kite Whistling □ □ Australasian Grebe Grebe Australasian □ □

Common Myna Myna Common □ □

Southern Whiteface Whiteface Southern

□ □

Australasian Figbird Figbird Australasian

□ □ Rainbow Lorikeet Lorikeet Rainbow □ □

White-bellied Sea-Eagle Sea-Eagle White-bellied □ □ Blue-billed Duck Duck Blue-billed □ □

Common Starling Starling Common □ □ Brown Thornbill Thornbill Brown □ □

Crested Bellbird Bellbird Crested

□ □

Cockatiel Cockatiel □ □

Pacific Baza Baza Pacific □ □

Hardhead Hardhead

□ □

Tree Martin Martin Tree □ □ Yellow-rumped Thornbill Thornbill Yellow-rumped □ □

Grey Shrike-thrush Shrike-thrush Grey □ □

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cockatoo Sulphur-crested □ □

Pacific Black Duck Duck Black Pacific □ □

Fairy Martin Martin Fairy Square-tailed Kite Kite Square-tailed □ □ □ □ Yellow Thornbill Thornbill Yellow □ □

Rufous Whistler Whistler Rufous □ □

Little Corella Corella Little □ □

Chestnut Teal Teal Chestnut □ □

Welcome Swallow Swallow Welcome □ □ Black-shouldered Kite Kite Black-shouldered □ □ White-throated Gerygone Gerygone White-throated □ □

Golden Whistler Whistler Golden □ □

Galah Galah

□ □

Grey Teal Teal Grey □ □

White-backed Swallow Swallow White-backed □ □ Yellow-billed Spoonbill Spoonbill Yellow-billed □ □ Western Gerygone Gerygone Western □ □

Crested Shrike-tit Shrike-tit Crested □ □

Cockatoo Cockatoo

□ □

Australasian Shoveler Shoveler Australasian □ □

Silvereye Silvereye

□ □ Royal Spoonbill Spoonbill Royal □ □ Weebill Weebill

□ □

White-winged Triller Triller White-winged □ □ Yellow-tailed Black- Yellow-tailed

Pink-eared Duck Duck Pink-eared □ □

Brown Songlark Songlark Brown □ □ Straw-necked Ibis Ibis Straw-necked □ □

Speckled Warbler Warbler Speckled

□ □ Glossy Black-Cockatoo Black-Cockatoo Glossy □ □ Cicadabird Cicadabird □ □

Australian Wood Duck Duck Wood Australian □ □

Rufous Songlark Songlark Rufous

□ □ Australian White Ibis Ibis White Australian □ □

White-browed Scrubwren Scrubwren White-browed

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Black-Cockatoo Red-tailed □ □ □ □ shrike shrike □ □

Black Swan Swan Black □ □

Little Grassbird Grassbird Little

□ □

Glossy Ibis Ibis Glossy □ □ White-bellied Cuckoo- White-bellied Variegated Fairy-wren Fairy-wren Variegated Silver Gull Gull Silver □ □ □ □

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Cuckoo-shrike Black-faced □ □

Freckled Duck Duck Freckled

Clamorous) Reed-Warbler Reed-Warbler Clamorous) □ □

□ □

Nankeen Night-Heron Night-Heron Nankeen □ □ Australian Pratincole Pratincole Australian □ □ Splendid Fairy-wren Fairy-wren Splendid □ □

Ground Cuckoo-shrike Cuckoo-shrike Ground □ □

Australian (or (or Australian Musk Duck Duck Musk

□ □

Little Egret Egret Little □ □ Common Sandpiper Sandpiper Common □ □ Dollarbird Dollarbird □ □

Varied Sittella Sittella Varied □ □

Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola Golden-headed

□ □ Plumed Whistling-Duck Whistling-Duck Plumed □ □

White-faced Heron Heron White-faced

□ □ Latham's Snipe Snipe Latham's □ □ Rainbow Bee-eater Bee-eater Rainbow □ □

White-browed Babbler Babbler White-browed □ □ Eastern Yellow Robin Robin Yellow Eastern

□ □

Magpie Goose Goose Magpie

Cattle Egret Egret Cattle □

□ □ Australian Painted Snipe Snipe Painted Australian □ □ Laughing Kookaburra Kookaburra Laughing □ □

Grey-crowned Babbler Babbler Grey-crowned □ □ Hooded Robin Robin Hooded

□ □

Intermediate Egret Egret Intermediate Quail Brown

□ □ □

Comb-crested Jacana Jacana Comb-crested □ □ Azure Kingfisher Kingfisher Azure □ □

Rose Robin Robin Rose

□ □

Eastern Great Egret Egret Great Eastern

□ □ Quail Stubble

□ □ Painted Honeyeater Honeyeater Painted □ □ Masked Lapwing Lapwing Masked □ □ Barn Owl Owl Barn □ □

Flame Robin Robin Flame □ □

White-necked Heron Heron White-necked □ □

Emu Emu Striped Honeyeater Honeyeater Striped

□ □ □ □ Banded Lapwing Lapwing Banded □ □ Southern Boobook Boobook Southern □ □

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1. Moree Town Walk: Park and walk from the Tourist Infor- 4. Pallamallawa: Local Fishing Club Memorial Park mation Centre, meandering along the Mehi River to the Weir Pool. provides Toilets, BBQ and shaded park seating. Plan a Shaded picnic areas throughout Jellicoe Park with BBQ facilities at picnic stop along the Scenic River Drive or an afternoon Memorial Services Club Park (behind RSL Club). The return trip is parrot cacophony, as flocks seek night roosts among the around 2km along the rivers edge, parkland and woodland areas. large River Redgums of the Gwydir River. All weathe r. Large River Redgums with many waterbirds and woodland bird species to be observed. See the constructed fishway. All weather .

5. Tareelaroi Weir Pool: Main Gwydir River Regula- tor and water diversion into Mehi River system. Turnoff 18kms East, on the Gwydir Highway. Waterfowl can be observed on the large weir pool with smaller species 2. Moree Common: Only 1.2kms from Town Centre, with among the foliage of the rivers edge . 3kms of level walking tracks, past waterhole and wetlands. Well Unsealed road access, dry weather suggested . shaded by 50ha of Coolibah woodlands and grassland habitats. Many waterbirds, birds of prey and foliage birds can be seen throughout the day. Aboriginal scar trees, bush tucker plants and indigenous values at this site. Shaded carpark at entry. Dry weather suggested .

6.Whittaker’s Lagoon: A 22 ha lagoon site, located 21kms southwest of Moree on the Collarenebri Road. Royal Spoonbill in breeding plumage Many waterbirds and woodland bird species can be ob- served, especially during an early morning or evening visit. Well shaded by Coolibah and River Redgums and a site for yabbying. Managed by the North West Livestock 3. Yarraman Bridge: Approx. 6kms from town, on the Health & Pest Authority as native flora and fauna conser- Carnarvon Hwy to Mungindi, cross the bridge and turn left for a vation area. Indigenous values at this site. All weather. selection of trails and tracks along the downstream Gwydir River. A variety of woodland and waterbirds, under the shade of River Redgums along the rivers edge. Dry weather suggested .

Photos by Daryl Albertson. Prepared by Daryl Albertson & Jane Humphries, January 2011

Supported by Moree Plains Shire Council.

River Road - Scenic River Drive: A 44km round trip, Moree to Pallamallawa, via Newell and Gwydir Highways. Toilets at Pallamallawa. Diverse farming and river habi- Traditional lands tats with many birds amongst the foliage, along this all weather of the drive . Note: Gumflat Reserve, 20km off the Gwydir Highway, for the 4WD equipped only and dry weather suggested . Gomeroi people.

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