Greetings,
Last night while mammal spotting we heard Tyto owls making a racket. I thought
they were Lesser Sooty but as it was the general hissing that they carry on
with I was not sure. When approaching the source of the noise I heard a soft
call from behind us and turned to find a Lesser Sooty Owl with a Boyd's Forest
Dragon. The noisy bird come over and while I first thought it was a juvenile I
now think it may have been a female and what we witnessed was mate feeding. She
put on a great display, screaming and hissing with her wings out and around;
like a cross between a sunbittern and a riflebird. The exchange of the dragon
occurred in a dense tree so we did not witness that. She flew across the road
with her trophy and continued to scream until I demonstrated the 'falling bomb'
call for my guests. As we were watching a Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo at the time
the owls interrupted, we stayed around and the hissing restarted after about
3-5 minutes. Neither owl was visible though the noisy one was no more than 15
metres away unless she moved ever time I did.
Regards,
Alan Gillanders
Alan's Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
www.alanswildlifetours.com.au
Phone 07 4095 3784
Int. + 61 7 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
Alan's blog http://alanswildlife.blogspot.com/
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