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Brush Cuckoo nostrils

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Subject: Brush Cuckoo nostrils
From: Wallaces <>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 05:18:55 +0000

Interesting – as far as I know I am ‘ordinary’ when it comes to Google Maps. I do have a Google account but I did not expect it would result in a different map. I was also intrigued by the extra trail shown on my version of the map when I produced it.

 

Steve

 

From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 2:54 PM
To:
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Brush Cuckoo nostrils

 

Something peculiar here.  The cuckoo spot is very near control 6 in last week’s orienteering but I was baffled by the pale track on Steve’s map and sure enough it’s not on the Google map used by ordinary people

 

 

 

 

From: Wallaces
Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 2:20 PM
To: 'Paul Gatenby'; 'Canberra birds'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Brush Cuckoo nostrils

 

It was off the Federal Hwy access near the red arrow on the attached map.

 

Steve

 

From: Paul Gatenby
Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 10:02 AM
To: Wallaces; Canberra birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Brush Cuckoo nostrils

 

Hi Steve

 

Whereabouts on Mt Majura, it is not a hill I've walked on much?

 

I went up the track to the summit, entering from Southern end and thought I heard one near the powerlines but when I got there no more calls

 

Any suggestions

 

Thanks

 

Paul A Gatenby 

 


From: Wallaces <>
Sent: Wednesday, 16 November 2016 7:26 PM
To: Canberra birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Brush Cuckoo nostrils

 

I was lucky enough to get close enough to a Brush Cuckoo on Mount Majura today to notice it’s nostrils – circular (as is characteristic of the genus) and protruding from the beak as a short tube. See hbw.com/ibc/1292837.

 

Steve

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