Colin Driscoll wrote :
> Saw a Boobook a couple of days ago that appeared to be
> hunting through a dense understorey at about 4pm EDT
> in the Beresfield area near Maitland (I hadn't flushed
> it because it flew across my path not away from me). I
> have seen a Boobook (maybe same one?) in the same
> locality roosting at the top of a tall Blackbutt. Is
> this early daylight hunting a part of this species
> normal behaviour?
In November 2003, I was with
Chris Lester from Victoria, and others when we saw a Southern Boobook
hunting in the late morning on the track into Waychinicup about 60km east
of Albany. It was just past the creek crossing. This is only
time I have seen a Southern Boobook hunting in daylight.
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