Month: September 2022

Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 107, Issue 11

re birding TI area

Hi Ron
Depending on your access birding is wonderful at Seisa especially in the rainforest.
Check out ebird for Seisa and the area. About 8 yrs since I was there.
Good luck
Joan Wharton

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   1. Rainbow Pittas etc (Ronald ORENSTEIN)
   2. Re: Rainbow Pittas etc (Andrew Bell)
   3. Re: Rainbow Pittas etc (Charles Hunter)

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From: Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Pittas etc
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Hi all,

I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.

I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.

I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.

Thanks to all –

Ron Orenstein
Mississauga, Canada
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:36:47 +0930
From: Andrew Bell <andrew@bells.id.au>
To: Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Pittas etc
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Hi Ron
Shouldn't be  too difficult to find a Rainbow P in Darwin at that time, numerous accessible spots where they will be calling
Cheers
Andrew Bell ( Darwin)

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> On 30 Sep 2022, at 2:21 pm, Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com> wrote:
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> ?
> Hi all,
>
> I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
>
> I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
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> Thanks to all –
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> Ron Orenstein
> Mississauga, Canada
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:16:39 +1000
From: Charles Hunter <ccgfh@yahoo.com.au>
To: Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Pittas etc
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Hi Ron,

I?ve always managed to Rainbow Pitta at East Point Reserve (Darwin) at all times of day which is accessible by bus if you don?t have a car. It has several walking tracks through monsoon forest.

A little further out if you have a car is Howard Springs.

Warm regards,
Charles Hunter (Sydney)

> On Sep 30, 2022, at 2:50 PM, Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com> wrote:
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> ?
> Hi all,
>
> I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
>
> I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
>
> Thanks to all –
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> Ron Orenstein
> Mississauga, Canada
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Rainbow Pittas etc

Hi all, 

I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island. 

I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise. 

I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott’s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali. 

Thanks to all –

Ron Orenstein
Mississauga, Canada

Question re Currawongs

Do Pied Currawongs continually nest in the same nest each year (like our resident magpies) or do they make a new nest each year ?

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Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 107, Issue 8

I think somewhere along the way I heard that it’s teaching the chick in the egg to sing. This is why surrogate mother of are diff species are not good because they don’t teach the right song.

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>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2022, 19:22 Philip Veerman, < pveerman@pcug.org.au> wrote:
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>> I recommend that the answer to all these style of questions is: ?because
>> their parents did?. In other words, it is something in their genetic makeup
>> and you can apply that, to most zoology questions of that style. It is
>> something that has been done and survived well in their evolutionary
>> history, giving some benefit. Indeed likely going back to whatever species
>> the magpie was, before it was the current species. Evidenced in that the
>> behaviour is something occurring in many birds, so is in the genetic makeup
>> of many birds. As to what is the adaptive advantage of them singing at
>> night now, well that is a different question and there are many possible
>> answers. But easy to simply suggest that it is territorial behaviour,
>> exactly as it is in the daytime (and why wouldn?t it be?), allowing the
>> magpie individuals to signal to neighbouring groups that they are in the
>> area, or whatever other message it sends. Sending vocal signals may well be
>> more effective at night, as there are normally less competing sounds around.
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Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 12, 2022 to Sunday, September 18, 2022:

Area: SA

Location: Ridley CP

Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) (1) This is the correct ID of the bird seen at Ridley CP.. It was previously reported (incorrectly) as an Orange-bellied Parrot. My apologies for any inconvenience.

The original (incorrect sighting of an Orange-bellied Parrot has been deleted.

Reported by: Gordon Pateman on Friday, September 16, 2022

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Blue-faced honeyeaters in NW Sydney

Hi all,

 

For the first time in my 22 years in Schofields between Blacktown, the Hawkesbury, and the Hills) we have Blue-faced honey eaters here. There are just three of them, but they’ve been here a few weeks now.

 

Is their range extending, or would likely these be vagrants?

 

Thanks in advance

Gordon in Schofields

 

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’s Gap

I’ve had quite a good time in the Alice area so far. I dipped on the Emu-wren yesterday at Ellery Creek (spinifex too burnt), but today I found Grey Honeyeater at the mulga site down the turn near Kunoth Well and this afternoon Golden-backed Honeyeater at Simpson’s Gap .

This last was unexpected, I hadn’t heard they been reported there.
Is the St Teresa road site worth a try for Emu wren?
John Leonard 

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