My local currawongs disgorge camphor laurel, privet and false tobacco seeds, which are our main pest weeds along the riverbanks in Gloucester. Sadly our rivers are no longer running. Perhaps first time ever. Certainly first time in living memory. ——————– Penny Brockman On Sun, 5 Jan 2020, at 10:51 AM, Anthea Fleming wrote: A . . . → Read More: Bird baths: the regurgitation factor
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A long time ago we had two fledgling Willy Wagtails in our care, and fed them on meal-worms. Some of the meal-worms turned into beetles, which the birds pursued and ate. They then regurgitated the hard wing-cases. Pied Currawongs regurgitate Pittosporum seeds and the hard kernels from pomegranates. They also eat the seeds from . . . → Read More: Bird baths: the regurgitation factor Many years ago, my grandparents, who lived at Upwey, would occasionally put out strips of liver for the kookaburras. I remember being told (must have been about 1950) that sometimes they would cough up less desirable stuff they had eaten to enjoy the liver. I now believe this was regurgitation of undigested remains, . . . → Read More: Bird baths: the regurgitation factor Re rejected red bird bath from Bunnings; Take it back for a refund plus ten percent. Seriously, try putting a rock in the red bird bath to speed up the approval process. We have just survived the hottest day in the world here in Mulgoa, near Penrith, waiting for the fire which . . . → Read More: Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 75, Issue 4 A friend was persuaded by his wife to replace their old concrete bird bath so he went to Bunnings and bought a red ceramic one but the birds won’t go anywhere near it. Would it be the colour, that it is ceramic (slippery) or just that it is new? David Robertson Adelaide Birding-Aus mailing list . . . → Read More: Bird baths. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.3px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.3px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 15.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.3px Arial; color: #3573e7; -webkit-text-stroke: #0000ff} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: . . . → Read More: correction: Chough’s eye colors are just fine, still red, no worries Yes. The photo is one Chough in foreground with an adult (white eye) and a juvenile (dark eye) Raven behind. Not sure which species of Raven, probably Little Raven. Our Choughs are quite different to the choughs of Europe which are corvids (crows). Our choughs are quite different to ravens. Notice the quite . . . → Read More: Chough eye colour I’ve never seen this before. About 20 Topknot pigeons flew over my garden a couple of days ago and now 3 have been in it, looking about. Refugees from the bush fires no doubt. I think its time we actively promoted not only putting water out but also responsible feeding over this unprecedented disaster time. . . . → Read More: Topknot Pigeons in Greenwich, Lane Cove Hello birders, Looking through our photos, I found one with interesting contrast between the birds’ eye colors. See the second photo for Chough at this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S61460739 Two birds there, I assume immatures, appear to have dark eyes. The one facing the camera seems to have white eyes, not red. Is that unusual? I have . . . → Read More: Chough eye color Seasons greetings folks. On two occasions last year, I heard the melodic tones of an Eastern Bristlebird calling from the montane heath near one of the summits of Mt Barney [on the McPherson Range in SEQ and one of the best bushwalking locations in Australia]. This was a positive note given the tenuous status of . . . → Read More: The impact of climate change on Bristlebirds |
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