Yesterday on my place in the Capertee Valley I saw a Painted
Button-quail with at least two half-grown young following along
behind.
The other interesting thing was, on the Capertee River downstream
from Glen Davis (near the NPWS camping area) we listened to a Superb
Lyrebird in full voice and amongst the many birds it was mimicking
was a very clear rendition of Pilotbird - a species not yet on the
Capertee Valley list (although it certainly occurs in nearby areas of
Wollemi NP). Also, as soon as this lyrebird mimicked a part of a
Laughing Kookaburra call, a whole family of kookaburras in the
surrounding trees replied by launching into full chorus, completely
drowning out the lyrebird for a few minutes. Much has been written
about why other birds aren't fooled by the lyrebird's mimicry, but in
this case it seems they were!
The Capertee Valley is in the NSW central tablelands, 3 hours from Sydney.
Cheers,
Carol
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Carol Probets
Guided birding in the Blue Mountains & Capertee Valley
PO Box 330
Katoomba NSW 2780
Web: http://www.bmbirding.com.au
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