Morepork at Cape Liptrap

Hi All, A big thank you to James Mustafa and Paul Dodd for posting about the Morepork s at Cape Liptrap. I looked up the location and it turned out to be close to where we were staying with friends last night (Sunday) in Inverloch. I set off around 9pm And arrived just after 9.30 pm. I had a new powerful torch and my old one and with binoculars around my neck set off on the short walk from the car park to the lighthouse. I was using my old torch and stopped at the first lookout and a very what looked to me like dark green / brown owl was on the ground around 4 meters from where I was looking. It was the smallest owl I have seen. I then made a big mistake of fumbling with my bins while holding my torch. The bird moved some distance away and again I tried to get my bins onto it. What I should have done was to keep my old torch on it while getting out my powerful Spotlight. The bird flew off and I wondered up and down the track for over an hour, played the Morepork call and with my new spotlight and there was not a single other sighting. I had enough of a view to confirm the bird but I prefer a good long sighting. A big thanks again to Paul and James. I could not find any other posts on Birdline nor Facebook. Happy birding, Patrick Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Oct 2015, at 3:00 am, birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org wrote: > > Send Birding-Aus mailing list submissions to > birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body ‘help’ to > birding-aus-request@birding-aus.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > birding-aus-owner@birding-aus.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than “Re: Contents of Birding-Aus digest…” > > > Today’s Topics: > > 1. Morepork In Victoria (James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra) > 2. Morepork, Cape Liptrap, Victoria (Paul Dodd) > 3. FW: Christmas in Perth (Tony) > 4. Ground Parrots at Malabar (Chris Lloyd) > 5. Re: Ground Parrots at Malabar (Joshua Bergmark) > 6. RFI Letter-winged Kite, Strzelecki Track > (Mel.Mitchell@delwp.vic.gov.au) > 7. Pelagic from Port MacDonnell 15 November (Colin Rogers) > > > ———————————————————————- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:40:06 +1100 > From: James Mustafa Jazz Orchestra < jamesmustafamusic@gmail.com> > To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Morepork In Victoria > Message-ID: > < CADuXtcYbjw_GE1Rs7g-A2PQkD2Bsq1aLGoJy3Uuqn0v6NEdV1w@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi all, > > Not sure if all the interstaters are aware but there has been some > phenomenal sightings and an even more phenomenal discovery of a small > parliament of Morepork on the mainland at Cape Liptrap in Victoria. For > those that follow IOC this is a separate species. > > I’ve scribbled down some notes on my experience with the birds as well as > an attempt to catalog some other sightings and past observations. > > http://jamesmustafabirding.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/morepork-in-victoria.html > > I’d be very keen to start a discussion on whether people think they are > migrating or performing some kind of colder month dispersal? Also > information on other peoples sightings I think would be very interesting. > > > All the best, > > James Mustafa > > 0400 951 517 > www.jamesmustafajazzorchestra.com > > > —————————— > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 08:12:43 +1100 > From: “Paul Dodd” < paul@angrybluecat.com> > To: “Birding Aus” < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Morepork, Cape Liptrap, Victoria > Message-ID: <04a801d10f69$e681e430$b385ac90$@angrybluecat.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”US-ASCII” > > Hi birders, > > > > For those not on Facebook, I have posted a few of the shots that I took of > Tasmanian Moreporks at Cape Liptrap last Wednesday night to my website: > > > > http://paul.angrybluecat.com/Trips-and-Locations/2015/Cape-Liptrap-Oct-2015/ > > > > I will eventually get around to processing some more (I took about 400 > shots). > > > > Tim Bawden, Ruth Woodrow and I drove from Melbourne on Wednesday evening, > arriving around 8:40pm. All in all we saw at least eight birds and probably > photographed four or five of them. > > > > Paul Dodd > > Docklands, Victoria > > > > —————————— > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 22:53:45 +0000 > From: Tony < goliath_heron@hotmail.com> > To: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org” < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] FW: Christmas in Perth > Message-ID: < SNT148-W94D1987B1BA4A2CDB0F2C79E240@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”iso-8859-1″ > > > > > > > > Hello Birding Ausers > > I will be visiting family in Perth this coming Christmas and am after some local info and or contact with local birders that might like a day out with a visitor > > I’ll be based in Clarkson in the northern suburbs so am looking for local sites where I can go birding for an hour or two. > > I hope to be able to have at least one full day birding as well, and would be looking to head north or east as I have been to the south of Perth before. > Look forward to any help you can give > > Cheers > > Tony > > > > > Tony Crittenden > www,tcphotos.net > tcphotosdotnet.blogspot.com > Adelaide > South Australia > > > > —————————— > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:49:13 +1100 > From: “Chris Lloyd” < pezoporus@bigpond.com> > To: < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Ground Parrots at Malabar > Message-ID: <001901d10f88$22532be0$66f983a0$@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” > > I sorry I can’t help on the search for GPs closer to the northern suburbs > however I am curious about the statement: > > > > “Well, ok, so there are/were the Malabar birds, but my understanding is that > no more have been seen there for several years and the source of the two > birds is still slightly controversial?” > > Can anyone tell me on or offline when these two birds were found at Malabar > and why they a controversial? > > > > Chris Lloyd. > > > > > > > > ————– next part ————– > A non-text attachment was scrubbed… > Name: image001.png > Type: image/png > Size: 38105 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > > —————————— > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:00:08 +1100 > From: Joshua Bergmark < joshua.birdmark@gmail.com> > To: Chris Lloyd < pezoporus@bigpond.com>, Birding-Aus > < birding-aus@birding-aus.org> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Ground Parrots at Malabar > Message-ID: > YPWhCfkg9Nk8eRi7jq7G3U48Fh68BxZe0WUSjUH1QnXA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > One bird was caught by a cat and collected by WIRES sometime around 2008. I > believe a number of birders subsequently searched the headland, and remote > listening surveys were carried out multiple times. One “possible” bird was > heard on one occasion, and I assume this is the second bird Kai mentioned. > > Apart from that, Ground Parrots have not been in Sydney for decades. > Populations are thought to still persist to the south in very low numbers, > specifically in the heath north of Bulli Tops, and maybe higher areas > around Lake Cataract, where one or two surveys have turned up the species > in recent years (2011 I think?). > > Records on the coast in Sydney at Malabar, and another record from 2 years > ago on the Central Coast, likely represent young birds dispersing, or more > sightings would have been reported in recent years. > > Lewin’s Rail on the other hand are everywhere at Malabar, which I have seen > on multiple visits early in the morning or late afternoon while walking (I > always specifically listen and whistle for Ground Parrots when in the > area). Orange-bellied Parrot is a big hole on my Sydney list too 😉 > > Cheers, > Joshua Bergmark > >> On Monday, 26 October 2015, Chris Lloyd < pezoporus@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> I sorry I can’t help on the search for GPs closer to the northern suburbs >> however I am curious about the statement: >> >> >> >> “Well, ok, so there are/were the Malabar birds, but my understanding is >> that >> no more have been seen there for several years and the source of the two >> birds is still slightly controversial?” >> >> Can anyone tell me on or offline when these two birds were found at Malabar >> and why they a controversial? >> >> >> >> Chris Lloyd. > > > —————————— > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:25:34 +1100 > From: Mel.Mitchell@delwp.vic.gov.au > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI Letter-winged Kite, Strzelecki Track > Message-ID: > < OF92232A1F.73DC7819-ONCA257EEA.000CED2F-CA257EEA.000D5424@cenitex.vic.gov.au> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”US-ASCII” > > Hi all, > Im hoping someone out there has some recent location information for > Letter-winged Kite on the Strzelecki Track. I have seen some photos > recently online that indicate a successful breeding season, so Im hoping > to get out to that area over the Melbourne Cup long weekend and see some > of these beautiful outback birds. > thanks in advance > Mel Mitchell > > —————————— > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:07:16 +1030 > From: Colin Rogers < twitchercolin@gmail.com> > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > Cc: Stuart Hull < schull@picknowl.com.au> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Pelagic from Port MacDonnell 15 November > Message-ID: < 0336C546-EC43-41D0-90DF-0F9E15F675D3@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > We still have 3 spots available on this trip. Cost is $130 a head and includes a BBQ lunch. If you are interested please contact Stuart Hull at the e-mail above. > > > —————————— > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > —————————— > > End of Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 24, Issue 25 > *******************************************