On 21/01/2015 10:26 AM, Ken and Helen wrote:
On 21/01/2015 1:00 AM, wrote:
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RE Topic 7, Location of Turquoise Parrots. .
Dear Pieter,
Reliable Location for the Turquoise Parrot is from the fire-break
/walkway at the rear of Allchin Crescent, Kambah, ACT.
I sighted over 70 of them from Jan 17th -19th. They were almost as
common as the Eastern Rosellas and the Crimson Rosellas.
Ken Monson.
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1. Re: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge rumours (David Clark)
2. Locations wanted for Regent Honeyeater in summer (Dean Ingwersen)
3. RFI SIPO (Noel Luff)
4. Fwd: Re: Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation Societies Weren't
Too Bright (brian fleming)
5. White-rumped Sandpiper (James Mustafa)
6. RFI SIPO (Noel Luff)
7. Turquoise Parrot best spots? (eagleowl22)
8. Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest (Andrew Taylor)
9. Re: Australasian Grebe brooding young on nest (Sonja Ross)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:46:31 +1100
From: David Clark <>
To: Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <>
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge rumours
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Lindsay and Keith
We have only stayed once at Kingfisher Lodge but we have been following
developments since you announced your intention to take a step back. It
seems that the best possible outcome has been put in train and we're
looking forward to making another trip north to enjoy Kingfisher
Lodge and
its surroundings.
Best wishes for your retirement.
Cheers
David
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge <
> wrote:
Hi Folks,
We know there have been plenty of rumours going round the last month
about
Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge being sold, well it has not quite
happened yet but barring any last minute dramas the settlement will
be on
4^th February. Both the business and the freehold property is going to
transfer into the safe hands of Carol & Andrew Iles, who many of you
will
know as our neighbours and local bird guides. We will be retiring to
our
house which is only 8 minutes from the Lodge.
So after almost 10 years we are handing over to Carol and Andrew who
first
visited the Lodge in 1998 and were the resident bird guides at the
Lodge
from 2000 for four years. They have been living next door for four
years
and have again become bird guides both for the Lodge and their own
guiding
business. Theyplan to do their utmost to maintain and improve the
Lodge and
grounds as somewhere for wildlife, especially the birds and birders, to
enjoy for years to come and look forward to welcoming new guests and
the
long-time faithful. They will bring a wealth of knowledge and
experience
both from our area and from around the world where they have birded in
about 100 countries. As we only owned the business and leased the
property
we found it frustrating not to be able to up-grade the property
ourselves,
this is something they intend doing. We wish them the very best in
their
new life.
Finally we would like to thank all of you who have visited the Lodge
over
our time here, it has been most rewarding meeting all the fantastic
birders
and wildlife enthusiasts. We have enjoyed sharing a little of the
wildlife
in our wonderful part of the world and trust you will support the new
owners.
Cheers.
Lindsay & Keith
--
Keith & Lindsay Fisher
Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road
Julatten QLD 4871
Ph : (07) 4094 1263
Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au
Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:58:30 +0000
From: Dean Ingwersen <>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Locations wanted for Regent Honeyeater in
summer
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Hi Peter,
Yes, unfortunately the size of a Regent Honeyeater means it is still
too small to wear appropriate tracking equipment. The biggest Regent
weighs around 45 grams, and according to ethics guidelines no species
is to be fitted with a transmitter (including harness or other
affixing material) weighing more than 5% of its body weight - which
for the heaviest Regent is 2.25 grams. Unfortunately the smallest
satellite tracking transmitter weighs 5 grams.
They can comfortably wear radio-transmitters, and we use these for
tracking birds post-release during our captive releases. They weigh
about 1.9 grams when fitted, but these have a range of 1km at most
and need to be 'manually' monitored by an observer. They also only
last about 12 weeks before the battery goes flat.
The other thing we've considered are geolocators like those used on
Ruddy Turnstones a few years ago by VWSG. But these need to be
recaptured for download (for Regents this would only be 1 in 10
banded birds which are resighted, and this can take up to 10 years!),
and they only have an accuracy of +/- 100km from memory...which
reduces their effectiveness. And there is no 'realtime' data
streaming anyway.
Hope that explains it.
Cheers, Dean
How come we can track godwits across the ocean but we can't track
honeyeaters
these relatively short distances? Are they too small to carry the
necessary
equipment?
Peter Shute
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:49:12 +1100
From: Noel Luff <>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI SIPO
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Has there been any recent sighting?
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:45:50 +1100
From: brian fleming <>
Re Contents of Birding Australa Digest 21/1/2015.
Location Of Turquoise Parrots.
Dear Pietre, I have just returned to Wa from SE NSW and the ACT.
In Canberra I was staying in the suburb Kambah. At the rear of
Allchin Crescent there is a fire-break/ walkway between the back of
the houses and horsepaddocks and parkland.
The turquoise Parrots were almost as common as the Eastern Rosellas
and Crimson Rosellas. Over 3 days I saw at least 70 of them. It is a
reliable location.
Regards, Ken Monson.
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Re: Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation
Societies Weren't Too Bright
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Nineteenth Century Acclimatisation
Societies
Weren't Too Bright
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:19:32 +1100
From: brian fleming <>
To: Laurie Knight <>
House and Tree Sparrows were introduced to Australia for precisely
the same reason - it was known that they fed their young mainly on
caterpillars, and other insects, while people forgot that adult Sparrows
are grain and seed-eaters.
Western Australia was most insistent that Sparrows should not be
established there, and special precautions were taken to ensure that
Sparrows did not follow the horse-teams working on the Trans-Australia
Railway as it was built across the Nullarbor. I believe the South
Australian gangs worked out as far as they could, then all camps
evacuated, and any surviving Sparrows were shot or poisoned. Then the
WA gangs worked their way out to join up. They still patrol for
Sparrows and Starlings in the border region.
More details in Eric Rolls' excellent book "They all ran wild"..
Anthea Fleming
On 19/01/2015 6:09 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
A classic example is the transport of a grain-eating bunting to New
Zealand for the supposed purpose of controlling insect pests ?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150116161533.htm
How the yellowhammer bird became a Kiwi: From hero to villain in 15
years
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:51:10 +1100
From: James Mustafa <>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-rumped Sandpiper
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Going up for the WRSP tomorrow on my way to Sydney. Any recent tips
or info
on the bird?
All the best,
James Mustafa
0400 951 517
www.jamesmustafajazzorchestra.com
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:18:29 +1100
From: Noel Luff <>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] RFI SIPO
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has there been any recent sightings?
Noel Luff
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:30:46 +1000
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Hi people,?
First of all a big thanks for getting back to me regarding info on
the Regent Honeyeater. Diplist :(
I've walked all day in the Girraween area looking for Turquoise
Parrot, to no avail.
The other spot I want to try is in the Capertee Valley.?
Does anyone can tell me what my best bet will be, either there or any
where else?
Looking forward to your help,
Best regards,?
Pieter de Groot Boersma
Verzonden vanaf Samsung Mobile
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:18:35 +1100
From: Andrew Taylor <>
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I've recently made a couple of onservations of Australasian Grebe
brooding
young on their nest which don't quite fit the HANZAB description:
"chicks brooded on the nest for night of hatching and for no longer".
The grebes were at Tempe Ponds in the centre of Sydney very close to
the airport.
On my first visit on the evening of 10th there were chicks present
being brooded by an adult on their floating nest - the occasional head
appearing was the only evidence chicks present. I don't know when
they hatched but but at least 2 chicks were present.
On my 2nd visit on the evening of the 15th again the chicks were being
brooded by an adult on their floating nest. Another adult was diving
nearby & when it brought food a chick would emerge, be fed, and then
disappear out of sight under the brooding parent. I saw only 3 chicks
simultaneously.
On my 3rd visit on the evening of 18th, 5 chicks were swimming
with adults being fed. Near sunset they returned to nest and again were
brooded under an adult - although they didn't entirely fit out of
sight -
perhaps because they were larger.
HANZAB does elsewhere mention young using nest platform during first
week
with an adult so it may just be confusing wording. Anyway interesting
behaviour to watch.
I've put some brief video clips here: http://youtu.be/Oa-lo47p4J8
Andrew
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:25:56 +1100
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Thanks for sharing that, Andrew. I enjoyed it, especially the
section with the two chicks really wanting that food!
Sonja
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