birding-aus

urban Topknot Pigeons?

To: "" <>, "" <>
Subject: urban Topknot Pigeons?
From: Ed Williams <>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:49:47 +0000
I've not seen them in a very urban setting in Sydney - but have seen them in the mangroves in Botany Bay before - which I thought was an unusual site.

Cheers,

Ed

> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:00:50 +1100
> From:
> To:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] urban Topknot Pigeons?
>
> In recents months there have have been Topknot Pigeons report from sites
> well into Sydney suburbia, such as Marrickville, Gladesville, Moore Park,
> Greenwich, where there seem to be no recent records. They've been in my
> local park in Glebe which is part of the Sydney City Local Government area.
> If you want to see how urban these sites are, take a look at the Google
> map view for Petersham: http://goo.gl/maps/5HI3a
> where Simon Gorta reported some yesterday.
>
> I'm wondering is the one-off event with perhaps lack of fruit elsewhere
> causing the pigeons to forage into sub-optimal habitat?
>
> Or are the forerunners of a new seasonal or even resident element in
> Sydney's suburban avifauna?
>
> Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo are an interesting analog. Two decades or
> so ago they were limited to Sydney bushy fringes but now quite sizeable
> flocks forage seasonally into the centre of Sydney. You can see flocks of
> YTBCs wheeling over busy Sydney roads like Anzac Parade in Kensington.
>
> White Ibis are another interesting urbanization. A few decades ago
> their closest breeding to Sydney was Macquarie Marshes. Now they nest
> in palm Trees on busy roads in the centre of Sydney.
>
> I'm betting Topknots will join Crested Pigeons as the second native
> pigeon to really urbanize in Sydney (at least seasonally) - not just in
> the leafy suburbs, like bronzewings etc.
>
> Andrew
> ===============================
>
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
> send the message:
> unsubscribe
> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
> to:
>
> http://birding-aus.org
> ===============================
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU