Tweed Heads trip plus help with Myzomela ID
By Birding-Aus, on July 5th, 2014
http://tinyurl.com/o5a48cj http://tinyurl.com/q5stexc Hi I spent the past week birdwatching around Tweed Heads. A highlight was a Mangrove Honeyeater (at Philp Parade) after many attempts. On a visit to Schuster Park at Tallebudgera to (unsuccessfully) look for the roosting Barking Owls, I found a small flock of Plumed Whistling-ducks and three Magpie Geese in the yards behind houses in Daffodil street. There were also three Wandering Whistling-ducks on a suburban lake in a park at Banora Point, a pair of Glossy Black-cockatoo flew over Letitia Sandspit (I had only seen Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo in the Tweed area before) and there were two White-eared Monarch at Terranora Broadwater. The surprising dip for the trip was House Sparrow. I’m also after some help with an ID for a Myzomela at Terranora Broadwater. I’ve included links to two pretty average photos, Thanks Nick _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Thanks The consensus is Dusky Myzomela and Common Tern. Nick PS: The terns were on rocks at Gellibrand park at Williamstown in March. I put them up on photobucket so I could ask for an ID for them but didn’t send it out _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Didn’t see the tern before. Yes, it’s a Common Tern. Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: http://www.di.uq.edu.au …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatmentsŠ CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University On 6/07/14 7:43 AM, “martin cachard” < mcachard@hotmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
sorry Nikolas, spelt your name wrong!! cheers martin _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
hey Chris, Nicholas & Nickolas, that certainly is a young Dusky Honeyeater & I agree that the terns are indeed Common!!! cheers, martin cachard, cairns. 0428 782 808 _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Not so sure about the Myzomela, but the two Terns following it are Common, not White-fronted. Cheers, Chris. On 07/05/2014 06:27 AM, Nicholas wrote: — Chris Corben. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Hi Nick, Interesting! Overall jizz and coloration as well as eye colour and bill shape make this bird look like a Dusky Honeyeater (Myzomela). Cheers, Nikolas A/Prof Nikolas Haass | Head, Experimental Melanoma Therapy Group The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute Level 6 | Translational Research Institute | 37 Kent Street | Woolloongabba QLD 4102 T: +61 (0)7 3443 7087 | M: +61 (0)424 603 579 F: +61 (0)7 3443 6966 E: n.haass1@uq.edu.au | W: http://www.di.uq.edu.au …Turning scientific discoveries into better treatmentsŠ CRICOS Code 00025B This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private or confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, you must take no action based on it, nor show a copy to anyone. Kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions and information in this email which do not relate to the official business of The University of Queensland shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University On 5/07/14 9:27 PM, “Nicholas” < talbotnicholas@hotmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org