The call of the Southern Boobook is a common sound at our home at Coutts Crossing, north coast NSW, especially in the warmer months but the sight of an adult roosting in a paperbark in our backyard is a more recent phenomenon. One adult has been present on most days for a fortnight or so trying to sleep through the almost incessant noisy mobbing by the local Blue-faced Honeyeaters, Noisy Miners, Little and Noisy Friarbirds, Grey Butcherbirds, Magpie-larks and the occasional Satin Bowerbird. The last day of 2012 saw two adults roosting in different parts of the same Weeping Paperbark, a threatened species. I had seen two Boobooks in silhouette flying around our large Forest Red Gum in the backyard last night and today while pulling out some very aggressive Bromeliad-like weeds I was distracted by the ‘noisy mob’ attacking something else. It was a very young Boobook in a Forest Red Gum behind out property. I ran for the spotting scope and mounted the camera and was able to get some passable shots. Then a second juvenile flew to the same branch. I fired off some more photos and I am now keen to have a closer look at them as they looked quite good as I downloaded them.
A great way to end 2012.
Have a great New Year Greg Dr Greg. P. Clancy Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460 0266493153 0429601960 ===============================
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