Unusual birds around Cairns
By Birding-Aus, on September 22nd, 2013
Hi Folks, A single Pied Imperial Pigeon returned to the Lodge on 12th September which is about the normal date for returning birds. What was unusual about this bird was that it has a grey head. It has been seen several times since and the head is still grey. A photo is on our blog page( http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com) along with what appears to be a giant juvenile Black-necked Stork in Cairns. We also put up a couple of photos of Graceful Honeyeater in light of the recent discussion about these and Yellow-spotted Honeyeater. Cheers, Keith & Lindsay. — Keith & Lindsay Fisher Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road Julatten QLD 4871 Ph : (07) 4094 1263 Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/ Winner: Wet Tropics 2010 Cassowary Award for Nature Based Tourism =============================== 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 ===============================
fantastic – we saw a similar PIP on 20th Sept, preening and cuddling with another one in neighbour’s big eucalypt – first thought it was shadow from the leaves or dirt of some kind but the head was light greyish. Too far off for photo and it hasn’t been back. Our first Wongaling Beach PIP arrived on 15 Sept. Helen < ')/////==< ________________________________ From: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <sootyowl@bigpond.com> Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2013, 12:07 Hi Folks, A single Pied Imperial Pigeon returned to the Lodge on 12th September which is about the normal date for returning birds. What was unusual about this bird was that it has a grey head. It has been seen several times since and the head is still grey. A photo is on our blog page( http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com) along with what appears to be a giant juvenile Black-necked Stork in Cairns. We also put up a couple of photos of Graceful Honeyeater in light of the recent discussion about these and Yellow-spotted Honeyeater. Cheers, Keith & Lindsay. — Keith & Lindsay Fisher Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road Julatten QLD 4871 Ph : (07) 4094 1263 Web Site: http://www.birdwatchers.com.au Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/ Winner: Wet Tropics 2010 Cassowary Award for Nature Based Tourism =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================