Hi Folks
For anyone in the south coast of NSW area: on the walk to the lighthouse south from Burri Pt Rd, Gorilla Bay, about half a kilometre in, there was a party of about 4 glossy black cockatoos feeding in the casurina/banksia woodland (yesterday). Great birds to see.
Kim
Kim Sterelny, School of Philosophy, Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University, Acton, 0200, ACT, Australia
61-(0)2-6125-2886
From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> on behalf of Terrill Nordstrom <terrillnordstrom1@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, 27 April 2020 11:51 PM
To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org <birding-aus@birding-aus.org>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Old bird names
Sent: Monday, 27 April 2020 11:51 PM
To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org <birding-aus@birding-aus.org>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Old bird names
In my isolation confinement I have been doing some research on Margaret Menzies who lived in the Jamberoo region of N.S.W. from 1839 till 1860. She was a lover of birds and recorded the birds in the area. Unfortunately her journal has been lost and all that has survived is a two page list. This list has only old common names of birds and a number of these names I am having trouble in identifying. I am hoping that someone out in the birding world may have some Idea on which birds she was referring to. The bird names are listed as;
Swallows, Blue billed or spotted Swallow
Thrushes, Ant or short billed crow, Blue
Flycatchers, White fronted, Black throated, Fantailed
Slander billed Honeyeater
Parrots, Blue, buff and yellow grass, Crimson fronted paroquet, Green beaked paroquet.
Pigeons, Emerald amaranth (she had listed green dove also) she also listed ground hen (she also had lyrebird and brush turkey so I am not sure what a ground hen is. All of the birds were recorded in the Illawarra region. Thanks and good luck in working them out. Regards Terrill
