Golden Bowerbirds

Hi Neil, If you are feeling energetic, there is a bower close to the summit track (western approach) to Mount Bartle Frere. I have see the male in the general vicinity of the bower on two separate occasions in August and December. In late August 2009 I was surprised that the bower was being decorated so early. It’s a long, steep walk, but the view and the birds are worth it. Stuart Collard

> From: birding-aus-request@lists.vicnet.net.au > Subject: birding-aus Digest, Vol 63, Issue 38 > To: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:00:01 +1000 > > Send birding-aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.vicnet.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus > or, via email, send a message with subject or body ‘help’ to > birding-aus-request@lists.vicnet.net.au > > You can reach the person managing the list at > birding-aus-owner@lists.vicnet.net.au > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than “Re: Contents of birding-aus digest…” > > > Today’s Topics: > > 1. Eastern Osprey, Wedgetailed Eagle and others (Geoffrey Jones) > 2. re golden bower bird (neil mcfarlane) > 3. Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity (Simon Mustoe) > 4. Re: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos in Collingwood/Greater > Melbourne (michael norris) > 5. Re: re golden bower bird (martin cachard) > 6. Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity (Robert Inglis) > > > ———————————————————————- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:46:14 +1000 > From: “Geoffrey Jones” > To: “‘birding-aus'” > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Eastern Osprey, Wedgetailed Eagle and others > Message-ID: <001301cc3218$e2b61750$a82245f0$@net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” > > Good Afternoon Everyone > > I have nearly finished my > photos from my recent trip up to Cape York to photograph the > Golden-shouldered Parrot and two of the highlights from this trip were a > pair of Ospreys which had built their nest 3 times before succeeding in not > breaking a limb. Also an old adult Wedge-tailed Eagle who just sat in a tree > while we got out of the car and let us take heaps of shots as he had a full > crop as you can see in the photos. On another note I stayed at Kingfisher > Park at Julatten, to and from my Cape York trip and photographed some really > quality birds there, as well as seeing a Red-necked Crake. Things are pretty > quite up in that neck of the woods at the moment and anybody contemplating a > trip into that area could do far worse than to stay at the Lodge as Keith > and Lindsey are fantastic hosts. > > Anyway here is my usual link but also have a look at my homepage as we have > just put up a slideshow which still needs a bit of fine tuning and I would > be interested in any comments > http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup > http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0 > &cat=0 > > > > Kindest Regards > > Geoff Jones > > Barraimaging > > > > > > —————————— > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:58:07 -0700 > From: “neil mcfarlane” > To: > Subject: [Birding-Aus] re golden bower bird > Message-ID: <114867EC7C044D43A1A4A65241A37A4C@neilPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”utf-8″ > > I?m up in north qld ticking off so many birds from a list I have yet to see, but can not seem to find a golden bower bird. Can someone suggest a location > > —————————— > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:54:22 +1000 > From: Simon Mustoe > To: > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”iso-8859-1″ > > > Hi, > > No sooner had we got SMS, Twitter and other messages out about the Emperor Penguin and ash clouds had cleared, it seems that perhaps the biggest potential rarity of the year for ANYWHERE in the world, has been taken into captivity. > > http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/5185989/Ailing-Kapiti-emperor-penguin-rescued > > Read about the bird’s find on Bird-O: http://bird-o.com/2011/06/23/why-penguins-are-one-seventh-as-popular-as-the-weather/ > > Regards, > > Simon. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Simon Mustoe > Tel: +61 (0) 405220830 | Skype simonmustoe | Email simonmustoe@ecology-solutions.com.au > > Visit BIRD-O at http://www.bird-o.com > Follow BIRD-O on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/birdodotcom > Like BIRD-O on Facebook? Visit http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Bird-O/117732794921095 > Email BIRD-O at info@bird-o.com > > > > > > —————————— > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:43:27 +1000 > From: “michael norris” > To: “Tim Dolby” , > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos in > Collingwood/Greater Melbourne > Message-ID: <4FCC1A821DE44432B0A2C015BD731B9C@michael1> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=”Windows-1252″; > reply-type=original > > Thanks, Tim, for getting all those records off the computer. > > With my Councillor duties I am struggling to keep up the Bayside Friends of > Native Wildlife database – let alone forward them to the Atlas etc. (I know, > I know, I should). Maybe that’s why there are none from here in your list. > > Anyhow I’ve had a look at the records and, excluding YTBCs flying over (some > more in 2003): > > – there was one record in 2003 > – 32 records in 2009 from 10 of the 18 areas into which we have divided > Bayside (with a maximum count of 40) > – 19 records in 2010 from 9 areas (max 28) > – 4 so far in 2011 from 3 areas (max 30) > > I think these generally support what you and Peter Menkhorst wrote with > perhaps a lessening of numbers as conditions improve post-fire. > > June was by far the peak month (18 out of 57 records) with Jan and Feb the > only months without records. The Reader’s Digest book gives the breeding > season in the south as being from July to Jan and the species might have > been breeding here/nearby (I had no clue that there were two pairs of > Long-billed Corellas nesting 400m away in Canary Island Palms until I heard > they were disturbed by tree work!). > > Pines were associated with 4 of the 22 records of feeding association with > trees, the rest relating mainly to gums and wattles, with one on hakeas. > > But, as you say, there is observer bias. 7 of the 57 records are from my > Hampton home (in a Major Activity Centre near the station) and they have > probably been to the nearby Sugar Gums and certainly to a big wattle (from > the Otways I am told) over our drive on 6 occasions. > > One got a huge grub 3 weeks ago. Small branches falling ever since. > > Michael Norris > Bayside Friends of Native Wildlife > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bayfonw/ and on Facebook > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Tim Dolby” > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:25 PM > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos in Collingwood > > > ….It’s apparent that reports of YTBC have been increasing consistently > over the last 10 years. This may be due to a number of factors such as an > increased reporting rates (for example it got to the point where I asked > people not to report YTBC sightings to Birdline), greater access to Pinus > radiata in urban spaces (although I’m not sure how this would have changed > significantly in recent times?), bush fires pushing some birds into the city > due to loss of food resources, and of course YTBC are fond of eating the > seeds of Casuarina, Eucalyptus, Acacia, Banksia and Hakea, as well as the > larvae of tree-boring beetles and moths, so the re-establishment of local > bushland in suburban Melbourne has certainly had an effect. > > Recently I saw a flock of nearly 200 birds feeding in re-established > eucalyptus bushland at Yarra Bend. For the record, the City of Melbourne has > approximately 25,000 native and 25,000 exotic trees… > > Cheers, > > Tim Dolby > > > > > > —————————— > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:07:34 +1030 > From: martin cachard > To: , birding-aus threads > > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] re golden bower bird > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”Windows-1252″ > > > Hi Neil > > Try Mt Hypipamee NP at dawn – just hang around the carpark & wait – a male sometimes forages in the large trees in the carpark at the northern end. Also you may have noticed recent reports from there along the entrance rd. > > I’ve usually been lucky though just by waiting very early in the am in the carpark – lots of Satin BBirds come down onto the lawns & coppers logs around there too at this time of day before all the tourists flock in. > > Try Longlands Gap & Ravenshoe State Forests too if this site fails. > > Cheers > > Martin Cachard > Cairns > 0428 782 808 > > > > From: iceneil@bigpond.com > > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:58:07 -0700 > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] re golden bower bird > > > > I?m up in north qld ticking off so many birds from a list I have yet to see, but can not seem to find a golden bower bird. Can someone suggest a location > > =============================== > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > > send the message: > > unsubscribe > > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > > > http://birding-aus.org > > =============================== > > > —————————— > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:04:41 +1000 > From: “Robert Inglis” > To: “Birding-Aus” > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity > Message-ID: <5335A6B9EC5C4CF9AF28FA31B0D34875@ptilorisPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”utf-8″ > > As it turns out there was a very good reason why this Emperor Penguin was ?taken into captivity?. It was seriously suffering. > It should have been obvious to any thinking birdwatcher that an Emperor Penguin very much out of its normal territory could be in trouble. > However, it seems that some of our esteemed birdwatchers are more interested in encouraging harassment of the bird rather than its wellbeing. > > It seems that twitching rules after all. > > Bob Inglis > Sandstone Point > Qld > > —————————— > > _______________________________________________ > birding-aus mailing list > birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au > http://lists.vicnet.net.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus > > > End of birding-aus Digest, Vol 63, Issue 38 > *******************************************

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