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From:
Tim Murphy <>
To:
Birding Australia <>
Date:
Monday, 9 August 2004 8:08
Subject: RE: [BIRDING-AUS] Surprise
sightng in Turramurra
They are
very common around Brisbane now - I see them in middle of the The Gap suburb
all the time - quite often during peak hour. They are very road conscious -
looking both ways carefully and then a quick dash. I never see a dead one by
the side of the road - I wish I could say the same for Frogmouths. I
suspect our continuing very dry weather has forced them to move into the
open more.
Rgds
Tim.
Hi all
taking my early morning walk (for
exercise, not birding) this morning, I did take a slight
detour to check out what a huge flock of Noisy Miners was upset about -
I had heard a Raven calling a little while before so expected to see
that, or a possum or maybe a Tawny Frogmouth - I imagine my surprise
when the source of the commotion turned out to be a Brush
Turkey!
The sighting was made on the small part of
Rushall St in Turramurra between Bobbin Head Road and Bannockburn Rd -
Turramurra is in the northern suburbs of Sydney. This is a
reasonable way (about 3kms) from the boundary of Ku-ring-Gai National
Park, but there are no obvious bushland corridors that would get the
turkey to the point where I saw it without crossing a few roads and
presumably quite a few gardens. Not sure how long it will last as
there's not much cover in that part of Turramurra.
Regards
Tom
Wilson
