A south coast question

["Harvey Perkins" <>]

Re the Little Friarbird -

 

I saw what I'm pretty sure was one in hind-dune woodland at Hammerhead Point on the Beecroft Peninsula about 3 km NW of Currarong, on 25 January this year. It was in the upper canopy in either eucs or casuarinas and was quietly 'yelping' to itself repeatedly. It was for the most part semi-obscured and always mostly silhouetted (and I only had a really crappy pair of binoculars with me at the time) but I'm pretty sure, based on size and what I could make out of the bluish face skin and head feathering, that it was a Little rather than a Noisy Friarbird. No sign of yellow on the chin suggests an adult despite the call being reminiscent of a juvenile/immature.

 

I was, like you, surprised to see one this far south.

 

Harvey
 

On 14/04/2008, Mark Clayton <> wrote:

Hi all,

 

This is a question for all the COGies who spend time on the South Coast, especially north of Batemans Bay and south of Ulladulla – what is the status of the Common Myna in the area? The reason I ask is that I saw one fly across the road about 5km 'north' of East Lynne on Sunday. The area, which doesn't appear to have a name farm wise, is through a very obvious cleared area where the highway (going north) drops down a slope on a long right sweeping bend before crossing a bridge then heading uphill, still turning right, to the forest where it then swings left to the left. Hopefully people who know this part of the highway will recognise the description. Also, what is the distribution of the Little Friarbird in the general area? I was surprised to see one at the Lake Conjola Caravan Park on Sunday morning before the rain hit.

 

Many thanks,

 

Mark