It has always puzzled me that whereas in other parts of the world, especially the northern hemisphere, it is quite common to see ospreys inland but not, usually, in Australia. White-bellied Sea Eagles yes, but Ospreys are usually coastal David Robertson _______________________________________________ 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
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Hi Frank, Yep, I reckon you did see one at Moondarra, the same one I’ve seen there. Hooroo, Eric On 01/04/2014, at 4:03 AM, “Frank O’Connor” <foconnor@iinet.net.au> 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
Annotated List of Top End Birds (1991) by Thompson and Goodfellow gives a record of nesting in upper South Alligator River in early mid 1980’s, and reports that it is an occasional visitor to Katherine Gorge. Once while carrying out surveys in the headwaters of the Douglas River (near Pine Creek) a sea-eagle flew into camp pursuing a little red flying-fox. On capturing it, the bird sat in a dead tree above my camp and ate it, dropping gore all over my tent. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71 Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841 PhD candidate Vice-chair Wildlife Tourism Australia goodfellow@bigpond.com.au On 31 Mar 2014, at 7:22 pm, Andrew Bell <andrew@bells.id.au > 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
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David, I believe migration is one reason why certain authorities now split the species into several, Western, Eastern, American, Australian. depending on the taxonomy they follow. Take a look at the excellent Avibaseresource and type Osprey in the ‘Search-box’ (….but be prepared to be ‘baffled’) Tom On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:39 PM, david robertson <drdeath@picknowl.com.au> wrote: inland — ******************************** Tom Tarrant Kobble Creek, Qld http://www.aviceda.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
Yes, you can certainly see them inland in the NH. In early March, I saw one at Chitwan, Nepal, which is a fair way inland. Carl Clifford _______________________________________________ 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