Two flying over Coffs Harbour at midday 1 Oct.
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In 2008, we set out to go to the western-most point of Australia, but about lunch time we stopped before we would have headed north and watched a black White-winged Wren. We had long and good looks and it was definitely black – no trick of light on blue. We spent so much time there that we had to go back to Hamelin Bay and didn’t make the western-most point.
If I remember correctly, Alan Morris said we would have seen a Melanistic form of the mainland form.
This might be of interest:
prumlab.yale.edu/sites/default/files/driskell_et_al._2010.pdf
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> On 25 Sep 2017, at 10:01 am, Stephen Ambrose < stephen@ambecol.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Schodde & Mason (1999) state in relation to M. l. leucopterus:
>
> “There are occasional anecdotal reports of the ‘black’ form or of blue males
> with black feathering on the Australian mainland, particularly on Peron
> Peninsula opposite Dirk Hartog Island and on Eighty-Mile Beach, WA (e.g.
> Collins 1995), but their significance cannot be evaluated in the absence of
> corroborative material; because of reflectance, the blue of the plumage in
> mainland M. l. leuconotus may appear black in some lights.”
>
> Reference:
>
> Schodde, R. and Mason, I.J. (1999). The Directory of Australian Birds:
> Passerines. 851 pp. (CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood).
>
> Kind regards,
> Stephen
>
> Stephen Ambrose
> Ryde NSW
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Birding-Aus [
Thanks Steve. Good to know.
Peter
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> On 12 Sep 2017, at 8:05 am, Steve Clark < bukoba.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> G’day Peter
>
> Both apps have been updated to work with the upcoming iOS version 11. On your device go to Settings-General-About-Applications and you can see which (if any) of your apps will cease to work).
>
> Cheers
> Steve Clark
> Hamilton, Victoria
>
>
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Further to the discussion some time ago:
This report from ABC news prompts the question – are the Morcombe and Pizzey apps going to work with iOS 11? They certainly don’t belong in the graveyard.
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Travelling across the Plenty Highway yesterday, we had 4 Cinnamon Quail-thrush about 65 km west of Tobermory Station on the Qld border.
The Pizzey and Morcombe apps have very different information on distribution and race for this bird.
Going on Pizzey, we probably saw the race tiriarense. Can someone confirm or comment otherwise, please?
There were small groups of Orange Chats all along the Donahue Highway which the Qld part of the Plenty becomes.
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Yeah, g’day Mike
Camped at Moonbi Lookout 29km north of Tamworth. We passed through some heavy rain from Armidale and had showers at the lookout.
About 5.15 we saw two Needletails go across heading South. Some time later and over about 20 minutes we counted a total of twenty with the largest – scattered – group being four.
Inside the Kvan at 6.30, we saw another couple through the window. So, there could have been more that we didn’t see.
Interesting watching about eight (definite count of seven) Dollarbirds hawking around and over top of us for a couple of hours
So endeth Day 1 of our trip.
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One Kelp Gull at the Brooms Head lagoon, northern NSW. First record here for us.
iPhone photos did not get the red dot on the bottom of the bill.
Up to 200 WTNT at 8am this morning.
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This light bit of Christmas reading includes a timeline of high-points of birding starting 40k years ago in Australia (of course) but then becomes a bit UK-oriented. Birding seems to be an attraction to comedians.
We Aussies could probably do a good time-line that doesn’t move off-shore.
Merry Christmas, all
Peter Morgan
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Last October we went to Cumberland Chimney near Georgetown, Qld, and it was looking pretty sad what with the drought and all. While there, a council worker told us that plans were in place for a toilet block.
Yesterday, we went out there and the toilets were in place, together with a very nice viewing platform complete with binoculars over the waterbody. And, at least 25 caravans/campers and other assorted camping units. With this many non-birders with dogs and fires using this free campsite, we wonder how the site will remain as a top birding spot.
The viewing platform is great as such, but with a bit of thought, it might have been made to serve as a bird hide.
While on things, the boardwalk at Abbattoir Swamp has been very well re-built from the derelict state it was in late last year. Lloyd Neilsen comments about the poor state of the site in his book, but at least some good work has been done. The swamp itself is filled with a tall grass of some sort which makes the swamp not productive for birds. We got the White-browed Crake on our first visit, but there is no chance of any water birds as it is now. Hopefully, if it isn’t a natural thing, something can be done about that. Adjacent cane fields might be having an impact.
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The crossing of Moonlight Creek on the northern road accessing Weipa today produced a host of good birds in about 40 minutes:
Shining and Leaden Flycatcher,
Grey and Rufous Fantail,
Red-browed Finch – brightly coloured northern race,
Spectacled Monarch,
Tropical Scrubwren,
Yellow Oriole,
Large-billed and Fairy Gerygone,
Spotted and Graceful Honeyeater,
Little Shrike-thrush,
Spangled Drongo,
and … Tawny-breasted Honeyeater.
Not a bad set of birds for a couple from Grafton, with a few new races.
The Black Butcherbird was heard, but as has been the way for the whole trip, not seen.
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