Noisy Pittas
By Birding-Aus, on September 1st, 2013
Hi Guys, Noticed Joshua Bergmark’s post of Noisy Pittas (2) at Warriewood Wetlands (Sydney) on Friday. Currently we have had what seems to be rise in Pitta obs at the southern end of their range. In the last couple of years we have seen more than the usual number of sitings in the Hunter Region and there were Pittas calling at a number of sites in the Gosford LGA last spring, sounding very much like territorial establishment. The birds at Warriewood make one wonder how far south they might be showing up. Is there any chance they might reach the rainforest patches of the Illawarra? Any one in that neck of the woods had a sniff?? Allan Richardson Morisset NSW =============================== 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 ===============================
Over the past couple of years there has been a rise in the number of sightings of Noisy Pittas on the Clarence coast northern NSW as well. They have turned up in small patches of coastal scrub where they haven’t been seen before. All of the records were within the usual period when the species visits local coastal areas (autumn-winter) but the numbers seem to have increased. Has the species undergone a significant population increase or are the southern records a result of global warming as appears to be the case with other bird species (White-headed Pigeon, Australasian Figbird, Eastern Osprey)? Regards Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide | PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 | 02 6649 3153 | 0429 601 960 http://www.gregclancyecologistguide.com —–Original Message—– Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 6:56 AM Hi Guys, Noticed Joshua Bergmark’s post of Noisy Pittas (2) at Warriewood Wetlands (Sydney) on Friday. Currently we have had what seems to be rise in Pitta obs at the southern end of their range. In the last couple of years we have seen more than the usual number of sitings in the Hunter Region and there were Pittas calling at a number of sites in the Gosford LGA last spring, sounding very much like territorial establishment. The birds at Warriewood make one wonder how far south they might be showing up. Is there any chance they might reach the rainforest patches of the Illawarra? Any one in that neck of the woods had a sniff?? Allan Richardson Morisset NSW =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Hi Allan Funnily enough, there is currently one Noisy Pitta being seen in the Illawarra. Sunday 25th August Birdline: Noisy Pitta, Blackbutt Forest Reserve, Blackbutt First observed by an Illawarra birders member on Friday. The bird is currently living under a flying fox colony. Michael Crosland They’re on the move! Cheers, Josh On 1 September 2013 06:56, Allan Richardson < albirdo@bigpond.net.au > wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================