Month: April 2015

Familiar but forgotten call

Found a new problem call whilst analyzing a sensor, sounds fairly familiar but the memory-cells aren’t what they were! It was recorded in Samford QUT site (NW of Brisbane) on 14th Oct 2010 at 06.17am. Please visit my ‘Audio’ site and let me know your views, Cheers, Tom — ******************************** Hawthorn East 3123 Victoria http://www.aviceda.org ********************************

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Scarlet-chested Parrot near Mount Magnet, WA

Following recent good rains and reports of good birds in the region I spent the Anzac weekend at Wondinong Station, 75 Km NE of Mt Magnet. Drove to Paynes Find after work on Friday and hit the road at dawn on Saturday and it was clear as I travelled north and east that there had been substantial rains, with standing water in many places. Wondinong Station has comfortable donga style accommodation, a good kitchen, showers and laundry. There was an excellent range of vegetation in and around the station. The whole area has largely been destocked of sheep due to a severe wild dog and dingo problem. Only cattle can withstand the depredations of these packs; goats collect into big mobs and seem to stay close to the station. This leaves most of the land with little sign of grazing and hence good for birds. Bird of the trip was undoubtedly a single male Scarlet-chested Parrot. I left details of the sighting location with the station owners as it was actually in a neighbouring property which they had gotten permission for me to enter. Similar privileges would probably be available to others who stay there. An annotated list of the birds is as follows: Emu seen regularly Hoary-headed Grebe single individual at lake near station homestead Australian Grebe individuals on water bodies on road towards Cue White-necked Heron singles seen at various water bodies White-faced Heron groups of up to 4 at various water bodies Straw-necked Ibis flock of 6 in NW water body Pacific Black Duck one with young + pair Australian Shelduck one pair Maned Duck flocks up to 30 birds Grey Teal up to 20 birds; one pair with young Australian Shoveler one pair Pink-eared Duck 5 birds on one lake. Wedge-tailed Eagle various locations Whistling Kite various locations where water bodies occurred Australian Goshawk various Brown Falcon various locations Nankeen Kestrel Common Banded Plover Common – up to 20 birds; one pair with 4 runners Black-fronted Dotterel most water bodies. Crested Pigeon common Galah common Port Lincoln Ringneck common Elegant Parrot one pair Scarlet-chested Parrot Adult male with weak red band in mallee over spinifex Mulga Parrot common over spinifex, less common elsewhere Budgerigar common on Cue road Bourke’s Parrot group of four on Cue road; possibly multiple groups Pallid Cuckoo common Black-eared Cuckoo a few Welcome Swallow nesting White-backed Swallow prospecting Tree Martin very common Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike very common Australasian Pipit common; pair feeding young Rufous Songlark Willie Wagtail very common Red-capped Robin Hooded Robin Rufous Whistler Grey Shrike-thrush very common Crested Bellbird very common Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush one male on Mt Magnet road Grey-crowned Babbler very common White-browed Babbler Weebill surprisingly sparse Chestnut-rumped Thornbill very common Yellow-rumped Thornbill Slaty-backed Thornbill two locations Inland Thornbill Variegated Fairy-wren Splendid Fairy-wren White-winged Fairy-wren Western Gerygone Southern Whiteface Crimson Chat numerous Orange Chat a few pairs White-fronted Chat one Varied Sittella White-browed Treecreeper common where there was spinifex Striated Pardalote Pied Honeyeater two males White-plumed Honeyeater common White-fronted Honeyeater common Singing Honeyeater abundant Brown Honeyeater Yellow-throated Miner Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Mistletoebird Magpielark Black-faced Woodswallow Grey Butcherbird Pied Butcherbird Australian Magpie Western Bowerbird Torresian Crow Little Crow Zebra Finch On the way out via Lake Austin – which was full to the brim – there was a single Gull-billed Tern, numerous swans and other waterfowl, Avocets and Stilts (Pied but possibly Banded far out in the lake). As the water was only slowly evaporating and any more winter rain should make the country a great visit especially when spring wildflowers hit. Mark Stanley

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Swans and Pelicans wanted – Melbourne

Hi Birders, If you know of sites in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne that have resident, or at least regular, swans and pelicans can you please let me know. My spots have not been reliable for a few weeks and I need these two to keep my local Birdaday list going before heading out in the field over the next few weeks. Thanks, John Yours in all things “green” John Harris BASc, GDipEd Director – Wildlife Experiences P/L Principal Zoologist/Ecologist Nature Photographer Wildlife Guide Croydon, Vic 0409 090 955 President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria www.fncv.org.au —– Reply message —– From: “John Boyce” <john.boyce@monash.edu> To: “birding aus” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Anyone going to be taking part in the global Big Day on May 9 organised by Cornell Uni and ebird? Apologies if this has been posted before and I missed it. ebird site hoping for 4000 species around the world on the one day! See http://ebird.org/globalbigday/?siteLanguage=en for details In our ongoing effort to push the boundaries of a Big Day, we’re inviting everybody around the world to join together and participate in our Global Big Day to support global conservation. — ********************************************************* Phone (work) +61 3 99029179 Phone (home) +61 3 93766641 Phone (mob) +61 4 08649818 Fax (work) +61 3 99029222 ********************************************************

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Anyone going to be taking part in the global Big Day on May 9 organised by Cornell Uni and ebird?

Apologies if this has been posted before and I missed it. ebird site hoping for 4000 species around the world on the one day! See http://ebird.org/globalbigday/?siteLanguage=en for details In our ongoing effort to push the boundaries of a Big Day, we’re inviting everybody around the world to join together and participate in our Global Big Day to support global conservation. — ********************************************************* Phone (work) +61 3 99029179 Phone (home) +61 3 93766641 Phone (mob) +61 4 08649818 Fax (work) +61 3 99029222 ********************************************************

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FW: BBC News: New York dims lights to save birds

Interesting story from the BBC news pages – wonder if any Australian governments would take such steps to help wildlife and save some energy? New York dims lights to save birds http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32491715 Cheers Tom Wilson

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Looking for HANZAB volumes 3 and 6 to buy

Dear all, I’ve checked with Russell beforehand, who was happy for me to post this. I’m missing the above HANZAB volumes, and over the last couple of years I have been doing quite a bit of research involving the species therein. Given this, I’m trying to locate a copy of each to purchase, something that is proving difficult given that they are several years out of print. I’ve tried searching the usual book retailers without success, so I thought that I’d ask the BA community to see if anyone knows of a copy that might be available. If you do, then please send me an email off list at: melanophrys@gmail.com to discuss. Kind regards, Paul McDonald

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Sydney Pelagic May 9, 2015

Hello all, The next Sydney pelagic trip is scheduled for Saturday 9 May, only ten days from now, and we have very few bookings at this stage. The April trip made us a substantial loss even though it was a fantastic day of pelagic birding and it would be a shame if we take a loss in May as well. If you are able to get out, please come along and support us and have a great day on the water. I will be overseas for a few weeks so please contact Hal Epstein (hepstein@bigpond.net.au) to make your bookings. All the contact and trip details are on our website at http://www.sydneypelagics.info Thanks for your support. Cheers Roger McGovern

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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, April 27, 2015 to Sunday, May 3, 2015: Area: SA Location: Murray mouth Hindmarsh Island Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (2) birds were standing in shallow water about 500mts East of the main car park Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (5) 2 of the 5 birds sighted were in full breeding plumage. Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) (35) Birds were resting on the beach or feeding in shallow water along with 7 Sooty OYkS Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 ——————————————— Location: Hassel Road Ponds (Goolwa Ponds) Goolwa Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa) (1) Single bird on large pond to the right of bird hide. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (1) Bird was hawking high over the wetland Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015 Location: Tanunda Sewage Ponds Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) (50) Mostly on the far side of the pond with the viewing platform Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) (80) Mostly on the next pond to the west. Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) (20) Among the above, along with a number of Grey Teal. Also several Hoary-headed Grebe, and large numbers of Masked Lapwing on the banks. Reported by: Kevin Stracey on Saturday, May 2, 2015 ——————————————— Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015 Location: Gregory street Port Elliot Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (1) Single bird was constantly calling and and looking for prey on a large Eucalypt ( SA Blue Gum ) on the block next to me. Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Single bird was calling from a blue Gum 2 blocks from me. Reported by: Winston Syson on Sunday, May 3, 2015 ——————————————— Need more information about a sighting? Login and contact the poster directly. Receive sightings via email or SMS immediately they are posted. Not a member of Birdpedia? Membership is free and gives you access to information for over 230 countries. To sign up go to the Birdpedia Web Site (http://www.birdpedia.com/). To find out more about Birdpedia and what it can do for you, see ‘What is Birdpedia?’ ———————————————

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