Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 15, Issue 19

By Birding-Aus, on January 21st, 2015

On 21/01/2015 10:26 AM, Ken and Helen wrote: > On 21/01/2015 1:00 AM, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: >> Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to >> birding-aus@birding-aus.org >> RE Topic 7, Location of Turquoise Parrots. . Dear Pieter, Reliable Location for the Turquoise Parrot is from the fire-break /walkway at the rear of Allchin Crescent, Kambah, ACT. I sighted over 70 of them from Jan 17th -19th. They were almost as common as the Eastern Rosellas and the Crimson Rosellas. Ken Monson. >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body ‘help’ to >> birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> birding-aus-owner@birding-aus.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than “Re: Contents of Birding-Aus digest…” >> >> >> Today’s Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge rumours (David Clark) >> 2. Locations wanted for Regent Honeyeater in summer (Dean Ingwersen) >> 3. RFI SIPO (Noel Luff) >> 4. Fwd: Re: Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation Societies Weren’t >> Too Bright (brian fleming) >> 5. White-rumped Sandpiper (James Mustafa) >> 6. RFI SIPO (Noel Luff) >> 7. Turquoise Parrot best spots? (eagleowl22) >> 8. Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest (Andrew Taylor) >> 9. Re: Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest (Sonja Ross) >> >> >> ———————————————————————- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:46:31 +1100 >> From: David Clark <meathead.clark5@gmail.com> >> To: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <sootyowl@bigpond.com> >> Cc: birding Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge rumours >> Message-ID: >> VJgZs_o8Cw@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Lindsay and Keith >> >> We have only stayed once at Kingfisher Lodge but we have been following >> developments since you announced your intention to take a step back. It >> seems that the best possible outcome has been put in train and we’re >> looking forward to making another trip north to enjoy Kingfisher >> Lodge and >> its surroundings. >> >> Best wishes for your retirement. >> >> Cheers >> >> David >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge < >> sootyowl@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> We know there have been plenty of rumours going round the last month >>> about >>> Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge being sold, well it has not quite >>> happened yet but barring any last minute dramas the settlement will >>> be on >>> 4^th February. Both the business and the freehold property is going to >>> transfer into the safe hands of Carol & Andrew Iles, who many of you >>> will >>> know as our neighbours and local bird guides. We will be retiring to >>> our >>> house which is only 8 minutes from the Lodge. >>> >>> So after almost 10 years we are handing over to Carol and Andrew who >>> first >>> visited the Lodge in 1998 and were the resident bird guides at the >>> Lodge >>> from 2000 for four years. They have been living next door for four >>> years >>> and have again become bird guides both for the Lodge and their own >>> guiding >>> business. Theyplan to do their utmost to maintain and improve the >>> Lodge and >>> grounds as somewhere for wildlife, especially the birds and birders, to >>> enjoy for years to come and look forward to welcoming new guests and >>> the >>> long-time faithful. They will bring a wealth of knowledge and >>> experience >>> both from our area and from around the world where they have birded in >>> about 100 countries. As we only owned the business and leased the >>> property >>> we found it frustrating not to be able to up-grade the property >>> ourselves, >>> this is something they intend doing. We wish them the very best in >>> their >>> new life. >>> >>> Finally we would like to thank all of you who have visited the Lodge >>> over >>> our time here, it has been most rewarding meeting all the fantastic >>> birders >>> and wildlife enthusiasts. We have enjoyed sharing a little of the >>> wildlife >>> in our wonderful part of the world and trust you will support the new >>> owners. >>> >>> >>> Cheers. >>> >>> Lindsay & Keith >>> >>> — >>> Keith & Lindsay Fisher >>> Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge >>> RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road >>> Julatten QLD 4871 >>> Ph : (07) 4094 1263 >>> Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au >>> Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/ >>> >>>

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>>> http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org >>> >>> >> >> —————————— >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:58:30 +0000 >> From: Dean Ingwersen <dean.ingwersen@birdlife.org.au> >> To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org>, >> “pshute@nuw.org.au” <pshute@nuw.org.au> >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Locations wanted for Regent Honeyeater in >> summer >> Message-ID: >> <68F2654289C3D74ABF554578DA7DF9672D187DB3@BA-EXCH01.ba.local> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> Yes, unfortunately the size of a Regent Honeyeater means it is still >> too small to wear appropriate tracking equipment. The biggest Regent >> weighs around 45 grams, and according to ethics guidelines no species >> is to be fitted with a transmitter (including harness or other >> affixing material) weighing more than 5% of its body weight – which >> for the heaviest Regent is 2.25 grams. Unfortunately the smallest >> satellite tracking transmitter weighs 5 grams. >> >> They can comfortably wear radio-transmitters, and we use these for >> tracking birds post-release during our captive releases. They weigh >> about 1.9 grams when fitted, but these have a range of 1km at most >> and need to be ‘manually’ monitored by an observer. They also only >> last about 12 weeks before the battery goes flat. >> >> The other thing we’ve considered are geolocators like those used on >> Ruddy Turnstones a few years ago by VWSG. But these need to be >> recaptured for download (for Regents this would only be 1 in 10 >> banded birds which are resighted, and this can take up to 10 years!), >> and they only have an accuracy of +/- 100km from memory…which >> reduces their effectiveness. And there is no ‘realtime’ data >> streaming anyway. >> >> Hope that explains it. >> >> Cheers, Dean >> >> >> >> >> How come we can track godwits across the ocean but we can’t track >> honeyeaters >> these relatively short distances? Are they too small to carry the >> necessary >> equipment? >> >> Peter Shute >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> Dean Ingwersen | Woodland Bird and WA Program Manager >> Regent Honeyeater recovery coordinator >> >> >> BirdLife Australia >> Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton VIC 3053 >> M 0409 348 553 | T 03 9347 0757 ext 247 | F 03 9347 9323 >> dean.ingwersen@birdlife.org.audean.ingwersen@birdlife.org.au> >> | birdlife.org.au >> ABN 75 149 124 774 >> >> [BirdLife Australia logo] >> >> >> >> [Follow BirdlifeOz] >> >> >> >> [Follow BirdLife Australia’s public >> updates] >> >> >> [Aussie Backyard Bird >> Count] >> >> an evening with Phil Liggett – Click >> here >> >> >> >> —————————— >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:49:12 +1100 >> From: Noel Luff <noelluff@gmail.com> >> To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI SIPO >> Message-ID: >> <CAGPBdA5XHmQp1yCrtehPLLKmuvrk78i0x_Xao5iHst2v13fwLA@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> Has there been any recent sighting? >> >> >> —————————— >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:45:50 +1100 >> From: brian fleming <flambeau@labyrinth.net.au> > Re Contents of Birding Australa Digest 21/1/2015. > Location Of Turquoise Parrots. > Dear Pietre, I have just returned to Wa from SE NSW and the ACT. > In Canberra I was staying in the suburb Kambah. At the rear of > Allchin Crescent there is a fire-break/ walkway between the back of > the houses and horsepaddocks and parkland. > The turquoise Parrots were almost as common as the Eastern Rosellas > and Crimson Rosellas. Over 3 days I saw at least 70 of them. It is a > reliable location. > Regards, Ken Monson. > > > > > > >> birding-aus@birding-aus.org >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Re: Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation >> Societies Weren’t Too Bright >> Message-ID: <54BD891E.1030003@labyrinth.net.au> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed >> >> >> >> >> ——– Forwarded Message ——– >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation >> Societies >> Weren’t Too Bright >> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:19:32 +1100 >> From: brian fleming <flambeau@labyrinth.net.au> >> To: Laurie Knight <l.knight@optusnet.com.au> >> >> >> >> House and Tree Sparrows were introduced to Australia for precisely >> the same reason – it was known that they fed their young mainly on >> caterpillars, and other insects, while people forgot that adult Sparrows >> are grain and seed-eaters. >> >> Western Australia was most insistent that Sparrows should not be >> established there, and special precautions were taken to ensure that >> Sparrows did not follow the horse-teams working on the Trans-Australia >> Railway as it was built across the Nullarbor. I believe the South >> Australian gangs worked out as far as they could, then all camps >> evacuated, and any surviving Sparrows were shot or poisoned. Then the >> WA gangs worked their way out to join up. They still patrol for >> Sparrows and Starlings in the border region. >> More details in Eric Rolls’ excellent book “They all ran wild”.. >> Anthea Fleming >> >> On 19/01/2015 6:09 PM, Laurie Knight wrote: >>> A classic example is the transport of a grain-eating bunting to New >>> Zealand for the supposed purpose of controlling insect pests ? >>> >>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150116161533.htm >>> >>> How the yellowhammer bird became a Kiwi: From hero to villain in 15 >>> years >>>

>> >> I’ve walked all day in the Girraween area looking for Turquoise >> Parrot, to no avail. >> >> The other spot I want to try is in the Capertee Valley.? >> >> Does anyone can tell me what my best bet will be, either there or any >> where else? >> >> Looking forward to your help, >> >> Best regards,? >> >> Pieter de Groot Boersma >> >> >> Verzonden vanaf Samsung Mobile >> >> —————————— >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:18:35 +1100 >> From: Andrew Taylor <andrewt@cse.unsw.edu.au > >> To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest >> Message-ID: <20150120091835.GA5882@cse.unsw.edu.au> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> I’ve recently made a couple of onservations of Australasian Grebe >> brooding >> young on their nest which don’t quite fit the HANZAB description: >> “chicks brooded on the nest for night of hatching and for no longer”. >> >> The grebes were at Tempe Ponds in the centre of Sydney very close to >> the airport. >> >> On my first visit on the evening of 10th there were chicks present >> being brooded by an adult on their floating nest – the occasional head >> appearing was the only evidence chicks present. I don’t know when >> they hatched but but at least 2 chicks were present. >> >> On my 2nd visit on the evening of the 15th again the chicks were being >> brooded by an adult on their floating nest. Another adult was diving >> nearby & when it brought food a chick would emerge, be fed, and then >> disappear out of sight under the brooding parent. I saw only 3 chicks >> simultaneously. >> >> On my 3rd visit on the evening of 18th, 5 chicks were swimming >> with adults being fed. Near sunset they returned to nest and again were >> brooded under an adult – although they didn’t entirely fit out of >> sight – >> perhaps because they were larger. >> >> HANZAB does elsewhere mention young using nest platform during first >> week >> with an adult so it may just be confusing wording. Anyway interesting >> behaviour to watch. >> >> I’ve put some brief video clips here: http://youtu.be/Oa-lo47p4J8 >> >> Andrew >> >> >> >> —————————— >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:25:56 +1100 >> From: Sonja Ross <sonja.ross7@gmail.com> >> To: andrewt@cse.unsw.edu.au >> Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest >> Message-ID: <a223C28E-777C-4CEB-819E-89518DD248A4@gmail.com > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Thanks for sharing that, Andrew. I enjoyed it, especially the >> section with the two chicks really wanting that food! >> >> Sonja >> On 20/01/2015, at 8:18 PM, Andrew Taylor <andrewt@cse.unsw.edu.au > >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> —————————— >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> —————————— >> >> End of Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 15, Issue 19 >> ******************************************* >

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