Spotted Turtle-Doves (STD) in Ainslie

To:	"Robin Hide" <>
Subject:	Spotted Turtle-Doves (STD) in Ainslie - Frogmouth update
From:	"martin butterfield" <>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:39:47 +1000

The Garden Bird Survey shows that over 25 years there have been 341 observations of Spotted Turtle Dove (this is one of the few species for which I spell out the name, to avoid confusion with other uses of the acronym).

Of these 1 was of 5 birds, 7 of 3 birds, and 58 of 2 birds. This leaves 275 (a good majority) observations of 1 bird. Approximately half the observations have been in the last 4 years, with an increase from 30 - 40 in years 22 - 24 to 72 birds in year 25.

I haven't looked at seasonality or geographic concentration.

Martin

On 9/19/07, Robin Hide <> wrote:

STD have been seen, and heard, v. regularly around the neighbourhood of Corroboree Park (Toms Crescent etc) in last year, but this morning, I think for the first time, I saw two together. Photo 1 shows an adult and an apparent immature. The second photo, a few hours later, an immature one only- I assume the same one. Philip Veerman's Canberra Birds (p. 56) mentions only "occasional observations of more than one bird."

The Tawny Frogmouth(s) in Corroboree Park (two for a few days around Aug 15, one ever since), which has been spending the day in the same tree for almost 5 weeks - at least since first noticed - seems to have moved on. Last seen am 18 Sept, absent pm yesterday and today am. How long do they usually stay in the same tree?

Robin Hide

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