Bird Cage rest area Murrumbidgee River NSW

Survey PointBird Cage rest area Murrumbidgee River NSW
Latitude-34.5238900 (34° 31′ 26″ S)
Longitude145.7016700 (145° 42′ 6″ E)

On the Sturt Hwy about 35km west of Darlington Point. This is a rest stop with toilets on the highway. Immediately to the north the ripearian woodland starts with a billabong nearby. It’s difficult to get to the main river with no vehicular access there.

Camp rating 4, there is no place to get off the road and it’s used by the trucks, so it’s very busy. There are toilets here.

Surveys done 3

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Perth to Melbourne 2023

  • Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 1 (33.33%) (B)
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (33.33%)
  • White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (33.33%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 (33.33%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (33.33%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 2 (66.67%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 1 (33.33%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 2 (66.67%)
  • Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 1 (33.33%)
  • Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans 2 (66.67%)
  • Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 2 (66.67%)
  • Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 2 (66.67%)
  • Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 2 (66.67%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 2 (66.67%)
  • Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 1 (33.33%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (66.67%)
  • White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 1 (33.33%)
  • Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 1 (33.33%)
  • Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata 1 (33.33%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (33.33%)
  • Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 1 (33.33%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 3 (100.00%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (33.33%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 2 (66.67%)
  • Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus 1 (33.33%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (33.33%)
  • Little Raven Corvus mellori 1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 2 (66.67%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 3 (100.00%)
  • White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 1 (33.33%)
  • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 1 (33.33%)
  • Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 1 (33.33%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (33.33%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (33.33%)
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