Birdline ACT Weekly Update

Birdline ACT

Published sightings for the week ending 7 Aug 2011.

Sun 7 Aug	Barn Owl Manuka Oval The ACT Barn Owl irruption continues with yet another Canberra sighting. A single bird flew across Canberra Avenue from Furneaux Street and landed in a tree within the Manuka Oval grounds (3.30pm). It was being hotly pursued by ten or so Ravens and Currawongs. Dan Mantle
	Barn Owl Macarthur House, Lyneham The influx is showing no sign of letting up! Prue spotted this one, either ill or asleep, outside glass doors at the Northbourne Avenue entrance into Macarthur House. This was about 1530 hrs, Frank Antram reported it was still there at 1625. Mc House is on northwest corner of Macarthur and Northbourne Steve Holliday
Sat 6 Aug	Diamond Firetail Curtin Horse Paddocks We saw a male and a female Diamond Firetail at about 7.30 am they were carrying grass to the nest and one or both went into the nest with the grass. Today (Sunday 7 Aug) after lunch we went back and I took these photos of the nest but we didn't see either birds. Judy Corp
	Barn Owl O'Connor At 14:05 this afternoon a cacophony of Galah, Corella, SC Cockatoo, King Parrot screams along with the other vigilantes of the shire caused me to dash outside to investigate. They were escorting a Barn Owl from north to south towards Turner. Milburn
	Speckled Warbler, Diamond Firetail Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Gungahlin Speckled Warbler (1) and Diamond Firetail (2) were the highlights of a quiet Mulligans Flat. One Brown Treecreeper heard. Alastair Smith
Fri 5 Aug	Barn Owl Belconnen A tired and harassed looking Barn Owl around the Immigration Dept / Belconnen Churches center buildings on Benjamin Way. Very likely the same one reported in Florey. It tried to rest on the ground and on a ledge on a building, but the magpies & ravens kept harassing it. It continued east over the bus interchange. About 9:45am. Duncan McCaskill
	Barn Owl Local park off Challinor Crescent, Florey Single bird observed at around 9.30 am perched in the outer branches of a young Red Box, being shadowed and occasionally dive-bombed by several Pied Currawongs and Magpies. John Brannan
	Southern Boobook Macquarie Oval Southern Boobook calling at 05.45 from somewhere in the vicinity of Macquarie Oval Frank Antram
Thu 4 Aug	Barn Owl Lennox Crossing ANU UPCCC This morning at about 1040 a loud squabbling was heard at the ANU UPCCC on Lennox Crossing, but it was not the kiddies for once. A mob of about a dozen ravens was attacking a terrified looking barn owl. It performed aerial acrobatics trying to fight off the persistent ravens. The toddlers stood in awe, being quiet for once. Margaret McJannett
Wed 3 Aug	Southern Boobook Araba St Aranda 18:50 in a big gum, calling pretty much continuously so easy locate tree. Harder to find high in the foliage, using a torch. Rick Kuhn
	Varied Sitella, Western Gerygone Mt Ainslie lower slopes E side 6 Varied Sitella feeding actively in eucalypts above mixed flock. 1 Western Gerygone heard calling while observing mixed flock. Record submitted to COG DB Martin Butterfield
Tue 2 Aug	Black-shouldered Kite, Little Corella, Brown Treecreeper, Restless Flycatcher Tharwa Sandwash, Geigerline nature reserve Black-shouldered Kite (1) Little Corella (2) Brown Treecreeper (2) Restless Flycatcher (1) Male Alastair Smith
Mon 1 Aug	Southern Whiteface, Grey Currawong, Jacky Winter, Flame Robin Newline Paddocks After a quiet start in the fog, Newline came alive this morning with 49 species recorded in just under over two hours. Highlights were: Southern Whiteface (4) Carrying nesting material, Jacky Winter (2) -carrying food and single Grey Currawong (1). Also recorded were Flame Robin (6) (males & females) and a single Hardhead. Alastair Smith
	Great Egret Kelly's Swamp & Jerrabomberra Wetland, Fyshwick Great Egret in loose company with a White-faced Heron on the Swamp this morning. Alastair Smith
Sat 30 Jul	Olive-backed Oriole Back yard, Chewings St., Scullin 3rd weekend in a row that we have seen it. David Clark

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