Christmas Frigatebird in Darwin
By Birding-Aus, on February 4th, 2014
Hi all Sorry it’s a slightly belated report. Tom McCrie saw and photographed a Christmas Frigatebird at Nightcliff (coastal suburb of Darwin) last Friday. There have been influxes of frigatebirds during the last week or so, and this one was in with 3 Lessers. David James was kind enough to check out a photo, and concluded it was definitely Christmas. There have been Darwin reports in 2 previous years – one (or two) birds were photographed in 1974 (accepted by BARC), and there were two birds reported in 1986, though I’m not sure of details, or if photographs/descriptions were taken, and seems they weren’t submitted to BARC. The current one is unlikely to be twitchable, as it hasn’t been seen since the initial observation, but anyone wanting to chance the phalarope up there could end up with a lucky bonus. Niven _______________________________________________ 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
No doubt about that! Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136 —– Original Message —– From: tom@tomraynerphotography.com To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 3:04 PM Subject: [Birding-Aus] Christmas Frigatebird in Darwin Hi birders, Further to Tom McCrie’s report from last Friday, I photographed a lone female Christmas Frigatebird at Nightcliff at 0815 this morning. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=629289320453099&set=a.173276736054362.36552.173005782748124&type=1&theater All the best, Tom. — http://www.tomraynerphotography.com —————————————————————————— _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
The 1986 record from Parap is of a bird Hilary Thompson and I saw flying over our house. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71, Darwin River, NT 0841 043 8650 835 On 4/2/14 2:56 PM, “Niven” < mccrie@gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ 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