That's interesting. Does anyone have any alternatives?
Roaring Meg is a small area of damp cool rainforest, full of leeches and moss,
pretty different to most of the rest of the Prom. It's also got a good drop
toilet, so if anyone wants to go check it out, it's an easy 15 km or so from
the car park. I'd be fascinated to know what it might have been.
Bill
On 04/07/2015, at 6:54 PM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> Neither ebird nor birdata have any WTNJ records at all for Wilsons
> Promontory, at any time of year.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On 4 Jul 2015, at 2:47 pm, Bill Stent <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, I was camping at Roaring Meg on Monday night when a bird called. It
>> was about 2am, and cloudy, so it was dark. By the sound of it, the bird was
>> flying around the campsite. The call sounded a bit (actually quite a lot)
>> like Spotted Nightjars I've heard in the Big Desert, so I guessed it was a
>> White Throated, which would have been a tick. But - no see, no tick.
>>
>> But aren't they a Summer visitor? Does anyone know if some of these birds
>> overwinter, and if not, what the bird could have been?
>>
>> Bill
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