Yes a curious question and surely has been asked before. Maybe they like their food a little bit aged and nit completely fresh. The idea of signalling has been suggested but who is that addressed to? Presumably their partners but what message does that convey during the day when the birds don’t usually move, that … Read more
Hello all, News has just come in of an Oriental Honey Buzzard sighted today at Margaret Knoll on Christmas Island about lunchtime. (19 July 2011) Cheers Richard Baxter =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
My understanding is that male Powerful Owls regularly hold food during the day to feed the female first thing in the evening, as the female sits on the eggs in the nest hollow and feeds the young. But I don’t know if this is the breeding season. They may hold food throughout the year? _________________________________________________________________ … Read more
Yesterday, thanks to a very helpful chap who works in the office at the Royal Botanic Gardens we saw the Powerful Owl in what we understand to be the tree it’s often seen in near Government House and a pair of Tawny Frogmouths in a palm-type tree on the slope not far below it. One … Read more
Afternoon All. At present I am attempting a survey of Common Myna’s in Western Victoria/Eastern South Australia/Far West New South Wales. I would be happy to hear of Myna’s in these areas and approx numbers off line.The information will be put to good use. Peter Baitz =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the … Read more