Hello all,
For whoever is interested, I heard what I thought were Masked Owls screeching on the hill slopes adjacent Bobbin Head picnic ground tonight at approximately 9:30pm. The calls were infrequent, but the culprit replied when I copied them. The screeches may have been Barn Owls (the environment was not unfavourable) but definitely not Flying Foxes, Brush-tail Possums or other owl (Ninox) species.
Also heard an Owlet Nightjar chirping every now and then and a ‘snipe-like shriek’ coming from a small bird flying over head in the dark…perhaps it was a Lathams Snipe?
Did not check for White-throated Nightjars at the nearby Sphinx walking track.
Bobbin head picnic ground is an open reserve which lies in the middle of Ku-rin-gai Chase National Park, near North Turramurra, Sydney. The grounds are flanked by sandstone gully forest and mangroves.
Regards,
Kurtis Lindsay
