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Author: nagrompr

  • Magpie killed by wind?

    Driving to Grafton today, saw a magpie killed on M1 – 110kph. Luckily, it went behind the vehicle in front. I thought it was lucky because I wasn’t close enough to hit it. 
    However, just as it came out from behind the front vehicle, it exploded into a whole lot of feathers and slammed into the ground.
    It hadn’t made contact with the front vehicle, but the wind (slipstream) that hit it as it emerged from behind must have been the equivalent of a physical strike.
    Probably the saddest thing was seeing, in the rear-vision mirror, another magpie fly down to it. 
    So, speed kills – even without contact.
    Peter Morgan

                     The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.
           

  • Little Blue Book

    The thing we miss about BOCA is the Blue Book to keep bird list.  Maybe these days, you are expected to keep them on your phone, but what are the chances that it could be resurrected, updated, and made available from the shop?

    Peter and Bev Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.
                 I just want to live long enough to see what happens.
                         They also serve who only stand and wait.
                                               eiπ + 1 = 0

  • Checklist

    The little blue book put out by BOCA was a great way to keep your sightings recorded. Is there any chance that it, or something similar could be produced?  Or does anyone know of something similar and where to get it?

    Bev Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

                    eiπ + 1 = 0. 

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  • Error in Pizzey and Knight app?

    In the photos in the Pizzey and Knight digital app one, listed as a Yellow-legged Flycatcher, labelled 
               Adult. Lake Barrine. QLD. Peter Nunn 
    has orange around the eye and looks very much like the Pale Yellow Robin. 
    The other photos of the Yellow Legged Flycatcher do not show the orange around the eye.
     
    I checked with Dr Greg Clancy and his comment was that it appeared to be the northern race of the Pale Yellow Robin. 
    Comments?  
    Peter Morgan
    Merry Christmas 
     

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

                    eiπ + 1 = 0. 

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  • iPhone audio recording

    We were listening to an Oriole mimicing a lot of birds and recorded some of it using the video recorder on the iPhone.
    There are a number of audio recording apps and I’m just wondering if anyone has tried them and could comment on them for recording bird calls.

    Peter Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

    eiπ + 1 = 0.
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  • Needletails

    8.30 am, 22Feb, Coffs Harbour. Heavy cloud, poor viewing conditions. Eight WTNT went over. 15 minutes later, still coming through, count now 42.

    Peter and Bev Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

    eiπ + 1 = 0.

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  • Whipbirds

    During my morning walk here at Brooms Head this morning, I had the good luck to watch a pair of Whipbirds dancing around in a dead fallen tree and the relatively cleared low bush. Lasted for about 40 seconds.
    Certainly not something I’d seen before.

    Peter Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

    eiπ + 1 = 0.

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  • WTNT

    Yeah, g’day Mike
    Just did trip across Coffs Harbour and for 6 minutes from 8.01am to 8.07, we had a constant flock of WTNT, flying low. We were under the flock from the Big Banana to just short of Baringa hospital on a roundabout route. They were moving south.
    When we first spotted them, we thought we would report a couple of hundred, but they continued at that density so in the end I reckon there could have been a thousand.

    Peter and Bev

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

    eiπ + 1 = 0.

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  • Whistle Ducks and Crested Pigeons

    Brooms Head, North Coast NSW, seems to have had an explosion of Plumed Whistle Ducks young. A number of families have been seen.
    We were favoured with a family with about eight young in our yard last night.

    Three Crested Pigeons had their heads touching and bobbing up and down while they turned in a circle. I’ve seen this before a couple of times, and wonder if anyone knows how common this might be, and what might be going on. The birds all seem to be adult. Two doing it mightn’t be much to comment on, but three?

    Wader numbers almost non-existent in their usual spot even when the camper numbers are low. Only tern is the Crested and their numbers are down. No more than a three or four at a time of Golden Plover, Red-capped Plover, Ruddy Turnstone. Sooty Oystercatchers fairly regular, but the Pied have become very uncommon.

    Peter Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

    eiπ + 1 = 0

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  • Needletails

    Large numbers of WTNTs at Brooms Head. Widely scattered flock as far off over land as seen without binos.

    Peter and Bev Morgan

    The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.

    eiπ + 1 = 0

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