White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Report for 2013/14 Season. Again your records for the past season indicate that the extremes of weather did correlate with unusual swift behaviour. Needletails delayed their arrival to much of Victoria apparently remembering the extreme heat and dry of the previous season. They were very scarce over the forests where I … Read more
Whilst driving to the summit of Mt Donna Buang near Warburton, Vic on Sunday 14 September I saw a bird making this call in response to a ‘Feral’ cat, it becomes obvious what species it is near the end but (I think) it sounds remarkably similar to a ‘Tyto’ Owl. What do you think? http://www.aviceda.org/audio/?p=347 … Read more
Please see below. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: eagleowl22 Date: 14 September 2014 8:19:25 pm AEST To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org.au” , “birding-aus-owner@birding-aus.org” Subject: Fw: Grasswren, Mallee Emu-wren info wanted Verzonden vanaf Samsung-tablet ——– Oorspronkelijk bericht ——– Van eagleowl22 Datum: 14-09-2014 04:29 (GMT+01:00) Aan birding-aus@birding-aus.org.au Onderwerp Grasswren, Mallee Emu-wren info wanted Hi guys, Here I … Read more
Hi, I heard a story recently about a species of Eagle that puts sharp sticks in the middle of the nest to encourage the young birds to leave the nest. Apparently the parent bird starts off by putting the sticks in the middle of the nest slowly working more towards the edges until the young … Read more
I meant to c.c. this to Birding-aus but hit ‘reply’ instead of ‘reply all’. Hi Tom, The booming sound is a female Emu. The cuckoo-like call sounds familiar but I will need to give it some more thought. I was listening to a couple of female Coastal Emus today. I am involved in a survey … Read more