Ironbark Station Survey August 2006
Red Deer Lookout (Mount Shem, Japheth and Ham in the distance)
On 19 August 2006, 7 members of BASQ surveyed 5 sites on Steve Irwin's property "Ironbark Station". The property is about 40 km north of Crows Nest, and houses sick and “retired” animals from Australia Zoo.
It was formerly used for cattle grazing, but most of the cattle have been removed. Habitats include open grassland, woodland, eucalypt plantations, dry sclerophyll forest and vine scrub. A number of dams have recently been added.
The property was first surveyed in September 2004, as part of the BA Congress and Campout. A total of 57 species were recorded. A repeat survey in April 2005 recorded 53 species. In this survey, the number of species was 60, a good result considering the drought and absence of summer migrants (though the first bee-eater was heard).
| Overall Bird List | ||
| Brush Turkey | Spotted Pardalote | Jacky Winter |
| Wood Duck | Striated Pardalote | Eastern Yellow Robin |
| Pacific black Duck | Speckled Warbler | Golden Whisler |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Weebill | Rufous Whistler |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | Brown Gerygone | Grey Shrike-thrush |
| Masked Lapwing | White-throated Gerygone | Magpie-lark |
| Bush Stone-curlew | Yellow-rumped Thornbill | Grey Fantail |
| Crested Pigeon | Yellow Thornbill | Willy Wagtail |
| Peaceful Dove | Brown Thornbill | Figbird |
| Bar-shouldered Dove | Striated Thornbill | Grey Butcherbird |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Noisy Friarbird | Pied Butcherbird |
| Galah | Little Friarbird | Australian Magpie |
| Australian King-parrot | Blue-faced Honeyeater | Pied Currawong |
| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet | Noisy Miner | Torresian Crow |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Lewin's honeyeater | Regent Bowerbird |
| Pale-headed Rosella | Yellow-faced Honeyeater | Richards Pipit |
| Pheasant Coucal | Brown-headed Honeyeater | Mistletoebird |
| Kookaburra | White-throated Honeyeater | Double-barred Finch |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Eastern Spinebill | Red-Browed Finch |
| White-throated Treecreeper | Scarlet Honeyeater | |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Total 60 spp |