Prue and I had a look between 5 & 6 this afternoon - no Black-eared. We saw a
similar range of birds to Marnix with the addition of 2 Diamond Firetails, no
White-necked Heron though. Interestingly our only cuckoo was an uncooperative
Brush Cuckoo calling from a dense stand of trees on adjacent private land,
couldn't catch a glimpse of it no matter how hard we tried. Anyone prepared to
spend the day there might record nearly all the cuckoos on the ACT list!
cheers
Steve
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I couldn't find Barbara's bird between 2-3 pm today.
Plenty of breeding activity and some nice birds but no Black-eared Cuckoo.
- White-necked Heron
- Pallid Cuckoo
- a far off bronze-cuckoo heard (on private property)
- Dusky Woodswallow
- White-winged Triller
- Sacred Kingfisher
- White-throated Gerygone
- Western Gerygone
- Leaden Flycatcher
- Tree Martin
and a large Bearded Dragon just before the tharwa bridge.
Cheers,
Marnix Zwankhuizen | Senior Analyst Java Enterprise Technology
Australian Electoral Commission | PO Box 6172 | Kingston ACT 2604 | Phone
+61 2 6271 4465 | Fax +61 2 6271 4644 | E-mail
"Barbara Allan"
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[canberrabirds] Black-eared
Cuckoo
Seen on the woodland walk behind the Namadgi Visitors Information Centre
this morning. A most obliging bird, posed, called, moved from tree to tree
in the sunlight, showed off its diagnostic undertail coverts, probed in a
tree trunk and ate a caterpillar-like object it found. A great
photo-opportunity but I was, alas, without a camera. For anyone passing
the VIC at the weekend, it might be worth stopping briefly to check if it
is still there – and if so to record it for the blitz. Lots of other action
as usual in that spot which would be a really good site for a beginner to
check out for the blitz. b
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