Hi all, I've just returned from a two week trip with Birding Tours Australia, led by the inimitable Richard Baxter. We had an awesome trip, with highlight species such as Chestnut-winged Cuckoo, Siberian Thrush and Blue Rock Thrush. For anyone that's interested, I've detailed our time on Cocos into a series of day reports. . . . → Read More: Cocos Keeling – Trip Reports
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Was (? Is) there an English birder who called in an owl which flew in and removed one of his eyeballs ? Michael Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org I am happy to stand corrected here and there are some real specialists in the field (Bilney, Mott, Olsen et al) but on the 20+pairs of POWLs in the Georges River studied for around five years and a couple in the southern tablelands and Illawarra, prey capture was by the feet. The talons . . . → Read More: Powerful Owls Hi all I don’t normally post my swift sightings (and send them all to Mike Tarburton at the end of the season in a spreadsheet) but yesterday (15 Dec – approx 7pm), just as my bit of northern Sydney (North Turramurra) was recovering from 2 rather violent storm cells and I was outside tidying . . . → Read More: Swifts pair flying and calling – northern Sydney 15 Dec 2018 I was surprised to learn that the endangered Red Goshawk is being netted and tagged during its nesting season on Cape York, and that the Queensland Government has handed over responsibility for the controversial project to mining giant Rio Tinto. More here: https://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/2018/12/endangered-red-goshawks-netted-and.html Greg Roberts friarbird.roberts@gmail.com Blog: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gregbirdo Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregrobertsqld Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecoastbirds/ . . . → Read More: Red Goshawks caught and netted during nesting season Can anyone direct me to a website that focuses on reporting rare and unusual bird sightings in Australia? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ray K Tucson, AZ We are extremely grateful to all of you who have given us so much information. I wish now, as Philip Veerman has done, that we had taken photos and left the carcass of the possum – we didn’t even think of it. We have noted more than 70 birds on our property, but if we . . . → Read More: Who is the killer? Gordon Claridges’ post makes it clear that Powerful Owls decapitate, which they could not do with their claws. Thanks Gordon QED Cheers Michael Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Dec 2018, at 9:37 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > To subscribe . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 62, Issue 13
Tawny Frogmouth remains were by no means common in Powerful Owl pellets or remains at butchery trees but there were a few amongst the 24 pairs on the Georges River in Sydney. Dominant birds were parrots (cockatoos, galahs and assorted psittidae), corvids and the occasional kookaburra. The Frogmouth is a very . . . → Read More: Powerful Owls The mystery killer at Torquay prompts a question as to how avian raptors do actually kill their prey. Despite their great hooked beaks, Wedge-tailed Eagles kill with their claws, using their beaks to tear up their victims, or any carrion they eat. Or so I once read. Apart from Powerful Owls do any Australian Owls . . . → Read More: Killer Claws |
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