A short walk on Sunday afternoon around the emerging woodland at' Bibaringa'
(west of Mt Stromlo) disclosed a pair of Diamond Doves. Sightings of 2 or
more of these in the same area of Bibaringa have occurred on and off since
the 2003 fires which at least shows that these birds are adequately served
by this particular habitat.
Southern Whiteface also sighted that afternoon.
Stuart Harris
"Everything is relative, everything is valid!"
From: "John Layton" <>
To: "Canberrabirds" <>
CC: "John Byrne" <>
Subject: [canberrabirds] Otis, Boo-boo and Dodo
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:12:20 +1000
Further to my recent post about a large owl flushed from a stand of trees
at The Rock Nature Reserve, Younger Brat and I sallied south from Wagga
Wagga on Saturday morning to investigate. We soon located the trees, and
there was whitewash on the ground but it didn't appear all that fresh. And
Otis was not in residence. We searched the ground litter for pellets, but
no luck. Apparently, its dormitory was remote from its vomitory.
We birded around for an hour in fairly cold, breezy conditions and checked
off fourteen species. Highlights were: 10 Peaceful Doves perched on an
elevated water pipe. 8 Grey-crowned Babblers. Pair of Red-capped Robins. At
least one (maybe two) Restless Flycatchers. Six Cockatiels overhead. And a
squashed Guinea Fowl on the entrance track. Nearby, a grey tabby cat in
similar deflated condition, but replete with collar and bell.
" ... never send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee, tabby
cat." (Apologies to John Donne).
At a Wagga trash-and-treasure mart on Sunday, Sam bought ten old copies of
Boobook for two dollars. It's a quarterly publication put out by The
Australian Raptor Association. One copy had a hand-printed, adhesive label
on the cover which read Boobook. Fair enough. But, Sami, being an
inquisitive little ponytail, peeled away the label and discovered the
original title had been printed as Boo-boo. We suspect the ARA promptly
fired Dodo the printer.
John Layton.
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