Roger
The male when seeking a partner can start calling late afternoon, but is
often unnoticed because of background noise. The call becomes seemingly
more insistent in the evening when traffic is less.
Once he's found a mate, and the scrappy nest has eggs in it, they go very
quiet, except for warning barking calls when possible predators come near.
They have almost inaudible domestic contact calls, and these are used
frequently when there are young in the nest, and especially when they have
fledged and are being taught how and where to hunt.
I have heard the oom-oom calls around the middle of the night, and shortly
before dawn when they presumably are staking out a roosting place. This is
in Cook, where they used to breed close to our place before the currawongs
took over. There was a successful breeding event close to the bicycle path
at Lyttleton Crescent this year, but I have no idea where they all are now.
The moon in my opinion had nothing to do with the birds' urgent needs which
were noteworthy from August onwards.
Hopefully others can tell you where TFs are visible now.
Good luck
Muriel
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