The call of the Southern Boobook is a common sound at our home at Coutts
Crossing, north coast NSW, especially in the warmer months but the sight of an
adult roosting in a paperbark in our backyard is a more recent phenomenon. One
adult has been present on most days for a fortnight or so trying to sleep
through the almost incessant noisy mobbing by the local Blue-faced Honeyeaters,
Noisy Miners, Little and Noisy Friarbirds, Grey Butcherbirds, Magpie-larks and
the occasional Satin Bowerbird. The last day of 2012 saw two adults roosting
in different parts of the same Weeping Paperbark, a threatened species. I had
seen two Boobooks in silhouette flying around our large Forest Red Gum in the
backyard last night and today while pulling out some very aggressive
Bromeliad-like weeds I was distracted by the ‘noisy mob’ attacking something
else. It was a very young Boobook in a Forest Red Gum behind out property. I
ran for the spotting scope and mounted the camera and was able to get some
passable shots. Then a second juvenile flew to the same branch. I fired off
some more photos and I am now keen to have a closer look at them as they looked
quite good as I downloaded them.
A great way to end 2012.
Have a great New Year
Greg
Dr Greg. P. Clancy
Ecologist and Birding-wildlife Guide
PO Box 63 Coutts Crossing NSW 2460
0266493153 0429601960
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