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g'day all,
The 1984 Atlas of Aust Birds (p304) resulted
in only 3 records of Pheasant Coucals (PC) in the area within 200km of Mount
Isa.
But their numbers & territory have
been expanding.
I have been seeing them in the local area for the
last couple of years.
And for the last few weeks I have been hearing
one & sometimes two from home, which is on the edge of the
residential area
But today, as I drove home from the Post Office I
saw one walking just off the edge of the bitumen in front of my
gate.
After it moved under some shrubs, I parked
my vehicle at the gate.. I was only 5m from the PC as it walked
very slowly amongst the leaf letter until it, in a flutter of feathers
turned 180 degrees and grabbed up a Gilbert's Dragon (or better known here as a
Ta-ta lizard)
It took less than a minute to swallow.
As I type this I can hear one of them
woo-woo-wooing
Which reminds me --Has anyone seen this species
drinking ?
Regards,
Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW
Queensland.
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