Birdline Australian Capital Territory Weekly Update

Birdline Australian Capital Territory Published sightings for the week ending 30 Nov 2014. Sat 29 Nov Powerful Owl Turner bowls club Powerful Owl still present a short time ago (~5pm), sitting tight and allowing nice views. Aware and interested in the observers below. Julian Teh, Matthew Mullaney Black-eared Cuckoo Duffy St, Ainslie, adjacent to Mt Ainslie Nature Reserve 1120 hrs. Heard and then seen from about 15 metres away, A grey looking cuckoo with a dark stripe through the eye and buffish underparts, Undertail neatly patterned in dark grey and white with no sign of rufous. Call fairly similar to Horsfield;s Bronze-Cuckoo but slower and a bit deeper. Was in a tree in a neighbour’s garden, then flew off in the direction of the nature reserve. Relevant section of the reserve is between Foveaux St and Fisher St entrances, off Duffy St. Steve Holliday Thu 27 Nov Powerful Owl Turner Bowling Club At Haig Park next to Canberra North Bowling Club on McCaughy St. Well hidden in high oak tree. Found by Terry Munro from pellets on path. Poor digiscoped iPhoto attached. Alastair Smith Mon 24 Nov Australian Koel Gore St, Higgins This morning I was delighted to see that the local Koel, who has been calling for a few months now, has found a mate. The two were in my cherry tree and harvesting the berries. The local sparrows were all a twitter, literally. Louise Armstrong