Trevor Quested This morning in our garden in Bundaberg Queensland Annie noticed a Spangled drongo eating a brown honeyeater. This is the first time I have seen a drongo eating another bird. _______________________________________________ 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
We have some cage escapades drinking at our water bowl this morning. The birds look like red rumped parrots except the male is turquoise head and back and front. There is white halfway down his belly. The The middle of the back is grey. He looks very pretty. The female is all leaf green. All … Read more
A month ago we were excited to have a White-throated Gerygone nesting in our front garden in a wattle (Acacia leiocalyx). We have recorded the Little Bronze Cuckoo every year on our land in Bundaberg Qld. We joked about the possibility of the cuckoo parasitising the Gerygone at the time. This afternoon I saw the … Read more
On our land in Bundaberg we have several paperbark trees (Melaleuca quinquenervia). We have a flock of 8-10 Grey-crowned Babblers that built nests in many of these trees. About a fortnight ago we watched a Laughing Kookaburra continually visit one of these nests. At first we thought the Kookaburra was attacking an active Babbler nest … Read more
Eric Zillmann observed 10 pairs of Barking Owls in the Bundaberg district some years ago. His article is reproduced in our Newsletter. http://www.bundabergbirdobservers.org/downloads/2009-1011_October_November_Newsletter.pdf =============================== 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 ===============================
