Darryll Jones from Griffith University spoke at the National Malleefowl
Conference in Katanning, WA in 2007 about brush-turkeys, his area of
research. Apparently they were rare and shy until an annual open season on
them was stopped in Queensland in the early 1970s. Since then they have
steadily expanded their range back into areas where they were once known
(there are records from the NSW south coast from the 19th Century,) and have
become increasingly brazen.
They have a preference for the leafier suburbs too. He told a hilarious
story about getting a phone call from an indignant big-city Brisbane lawyer
who had a brush-turkey mound appear across his driveway overnight. He
couldn't get his BMW out of the garage and had to take the bus to work.
(*fist-pumps the air*)
Darrell is quite the raconteur actually - if there's a BirdLife branch in
Brisbane looking for a guest speaker, get him to come along and share his
turkey-louse story...
-----Original Message-----
From: David Stowe
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 6:04 PM
To: Dean Portelli
Cc:
Subject: Australian Brush-turkey in western Sydney
Hi Dean,
I currently have 7 in my backyard at Thornleigh!
Becoming alot more common around all the bushier north western suburbs for
sure - but have been for some time.
Cheers
Dave
On 06/10/2012, at 4:13 PM, Dean Portelli <> wrote:
Hi all,
I currently have an Australian Brush-turkey wandering around my street in
Westmead (western Sydney).
Does anyone know of other localities in Sydney where this species has been
observed (besides St Ives). The bird is quite tame; it is possible it is
an escapee from Featherdale Wildlife Park (further west from Westmead).
The bird carries no bands.
cheers,Dean
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