Highlights from twice-weekly Canberra Ornithologists' Group (COG) hotline,
for period ending 25 September (some reports are of earlier obs).
Sorry for the hiatus; combination of work-related absence and serious family
illness. It's been an important time for us, so herewith the summary.
THE FOLLOWING ARE 'FIRST RETURNS' FOR THE SEASON:
REED WARBLER 29/8
NOISY FRIARBIRD 30/8
OLIVE-BACKED ORIOLE 31/8
HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO 2/9
WESTERN WARBLER 2/9
RUFOUS WHISTLER 3/9
SHINING BRONZE-CUCKOO 5/9
WHITE-THROATED WARBLER 5/9
SUPERB PARROTS 8/9 (Gundaroo, 40k north of Canberra)
FAIRY MARTIN 15/9
MISC RECORDS: **NOTE ESPECIALLY LAST TWO**
SOUTHERN WHITEFACE 3, inner suburban Red Hill [very scarce locally,
almost never recorded in suburbs for many years]
MAJOR MITCHELL COCKIES 13/9 3, just W of Ardlethan [east of Griffith, a
LONG way east of their normal range]
TAWNY FROGMOUTH NESTING 19/9 inner suburban Campbell Park, in a nest
described as "the size of a magpie's"
WHITE IBIS NESTING 21/9 ~100 at Rose's (or Rowes) Lagoon [~20k south
of Goulburn]
AUSTRALASIAN BITTERN 'booming' also 21/9 at Rose's (or Rowes) Lagoon
** GLOSSY BLACK-COCKIES 22/9 3 on inner suburban Mt Majura. MOST
SIGNIFICANTLY, ONE IS REPORTED AS HAVING A 'TWISTED TAIL'. [This follows
earlier reports of apparent courtship behaviour. They have never been
reported as breeding in the area.]
** 'NIGHTJAR' 22/9 flushed off ground in Casuarinas in inner suburban
Mount Majura [species uncertain, though observer sure of i.d. ACT falls
between ranges of White-throated to east, and Spotted to west. I am unaware
of any previous nightjar records near here]
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Hotline number: 02 6247 5530
COG web site: www.canberrabirds.dynamite.com.au/
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Ian Fraser, Canberra
Environment Tours; Vertego Environmental Writing Consultancy
GPO Box 3268, Canberra, ACT 2601
ph: 02 62491560 fax: 02 62473227
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