Canberra Ornithologists Group Mailing List (date)

August 31, 2019

Satin Bowerbird observations and pictures, Bill Roberts, 18:48
Masked Lapwing, Janet Russell, 18:43
Bowerbird behaviour, Dr David Rosalky, 18:43
Grey Butcherbird, Philip Veerman, 13:15
Bluetts Block - Red-capped Robin and Dusky Woodswallow, Jean Casburn, 12:13
Grey Butcherbird, Martin Butterfield, 06:26

August 30, 2019

Grey Butcherbird, Philip Veerman, 20:36
Bell Miners near Bungendore, David McDonald (personal), 20:28
Bell Miners near Bungendore, David McDonald (personal), 17:31
Grey Butcherbird, Don Fletcher, 17:03
Feral Pigeons, Alan Ford, 15:50
Fwd: [canberrabirds] Grey Butcherbird, Martin Butterfield, 15:45
Feral Pigeons, Con Boekel, 15:40
Feral Pigeons, Geoffrey Dabb, 14:44
Oriole, Anthony Overs, 11:13
Grey Butcherbird, Philip Veerman, 10:40
Grey Butcherbird, Lia Battisson, 08:59
FW: [canberrabirds] Grey Butcherbird, Geoffrey Dabb, 08:54
Grey Butcherbird, Geoffrey Dabb, 08:43
Feral Pigeons, Lia Battisson, 08:08
Superb Parrots return to Hughes!, calyptorhynchus ., 07:16

August 29, 2019

Budgies, Marg Peachey, 18:59
Feral Pigeons, arowell@iinet.net.au, 16:23
Feral Pigeons, Con Boekel, 15:30
Feral Pigeons, arowell@iinet.net.au, 15:08
Grey Butcherbird, Mark Clayton, 14:55
Grey Butcherbird, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 14:44
Feral Pigeons, Don Fletcher, 14:23
Budgies, Don Fletcher, 14:01
Out of area, but a Perigrine's a Peregine plus Domestic Pigeons., John Layton, 13:54
Budgies, Philip Veerman, 13:46
Grey Butcherbird, Geoffrey Dabb, 13:16
Budgies, Anthony Overs, 12:45
Feral Pigeons, arowell@iinet.net.au, 11:17
COG's bird blitz 26-27 October, Barbara Allan, 09:47
Whistling Kite, Denise Kay, 09:18

August 28, 2019

White-winged choughs behaviour, Alison, 20:46
Some interesting views of local Striated Pardalotes (@ Mulligans), David Rees, 18:59
Feral Pigeons, Sue Lashko, 18:53
Feral Pigeons, Susan Robertson, 16:33
Feral Pigeons, Philip Veerman, 13:35
FW: [canberrabirds] Feral Pigeons, Geoffrey Dabb, 12:06
Feral Pigeons, Mark Clayton, 12:04
Feral Pigeons, Chris Liddiard, 11:53
Feral Pigeons, Mark Clayton, 11:32
Feral Pigeons, Con Boekel, 11:03
Feral Pigeons, Mark Clayton, 10:59
Feral Pigeons, Steve Read, 10:51
Feral Pigeons, John Harris, 10:44
Feral Pigeons, Rosemary Blemings, 10:38
Leaden versus Satin Flycatchers, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 10:35
Feral Pigeons, John Harris, 10:21
Feral Pigeons, Geoffrey Dabb, 10:16

August 27, 2019

re COG outing, Lake Road, Saturday 31 August, Chris Davey, 22:15
white winged triller, kym bradley, 17:55
Position vacant: Senior Project Officer, Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, Mark Clayton, 13:37
Large flock of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Fleur r Leary, 13:35
Position vacant: Senior Project Officer, Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, Philip Veerman, 13:17
Re: FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This?, David Rees, 09:51
The Fuscous Honeyeater, Geoffrey Dabb, 09:18
What Bird is This?, Paul Fennell, 08:16

August 26, 2019

Re: FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This?, David McDonald (personal), 20:51
Re: FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This?, Martin Butterfield, 20:47
RE: FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This?, Philip Veerman, 20:01
Re: FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This?, David McDonald (personal), 19:21
Re: FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This? Chukar, Con Boekel, 19:19
Striated Thornbills @ Mulligan's (film), David Rees, 19:01
FW: [canberrabirds] What Bird is This?, Geoffrey Dabb, 18:55
What Bird is This?, Philip Veerman, 18:03
Large flock of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Nick Payne, 15:32
What Bird is This?, Mark Clayton, 15:26
What Bird is This?, Paul Taylor, 15:26
What Bird is This?, Kevin Windle, 15:25
What Bird is This?, Paul Fennell, 15:22
Grey Currawongs, John Layton, 10:44

August 25, 2019

Off Track this weekend: 'Cockies wheelie love bin day', David McDonald (personal), 14:58
Bassian Thrush, Restless Flycatcher, Marnix Zwankhuizen, 14:47
Mt Majura Nature Park, Terry Munro, 13:57
FYI, Bill Hall, 07:38

August 24, 2019

Re: [canberrabirds] Shepherd’s Lookout and Murrumbidgee today, Wayne Gregson, 18:16
Onomatopoeic trees, calyptorhynchus ., 16:09
[canberrabirds] Shepherd’s Lookout and Murrumbidgee today, calyptorhynchus ., 16:02
Some views of some local Brown-headed Honeyeaters that would be hard to perceive by simply looking, David Rees, 12:30
How/where to report rare birds?, Susanne Gardiner, 10:02

August 23, 2019

Superb Fairy-wren question, Geoffrey Dabb, 17:56
Position vacant: Senior Project Officer, Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme, David McDonald (personal), 17:34
FW: [canberrabirds] Superb Fairy-wren question, Geoffrey Dabb, 16:57
Superb Fairy-wren question, shorty, 16:22
Superb Fairy-wren question, Mark Clayton, 16:18
Superb Fairy-wren question, shorty, 15:50
Where Song Began, Robert Parnell, 14:21
Spare copies of Clements' Checklist, Philip Veerman, 14:09
Where Song Began, Isobel Crawford, 12:13

August 22, 2019

Legendary ornithologist - trivial comment, Suzanne EDGAR, 19:11
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Danny McCreadie, 17:14
Legendary ornithologist - trivial comment, Suzanne EDGAR, 11:33
Request for speaker at Canberra College, Phillip, B&RGraham, 11:29
Legendary ornithologist - trivial comment, Mark Clayton, 10:46
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Philip Veerman, 10:22
Legendary ornithologist - trivial comment, Philip Veerman, 10:14
Can anyone help identify this bird?, shorty, 10:02
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Philip Veerman, 09:28
Magpie behaviour, Suzanne EDGAR, 08:46

August 21, 2019

Can anyone help identify this bird?, Danny McCreadie, 21:42
FW: FW: 2019 Birdhaven Festival 18-20 October, Jean Casburn, 21:29
Can anyone help identify this bird?, shorty, 19:56
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Mark Clayton, 19:30
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Chris Liddiard, 19:08
Can anyone help identify this bird?, shorty, 19:00
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Chris Liddiard, 18:59
Can anyone help identify this bird?, Chris Liddiard, 18:52
Cockatoo x Corella, shorty, 16:34
Wednesday Walk to Hall, Martin Butterfield, 15:19
Fan-tailed Cuckoo at Cotter, Nick Payne, 12:53

August 20, 2019

Magpie behaviour, Philip Veerman, 23:35
Magpie behaviour, Alison, 22:02
Out of Area: Birding in SW Western Australia next year, Lia Battisson, 18:50
Reminder: Where Song Began - please spread the word!, David McDonald (personal), 17:48
Magpie behaviour, Suzanne EDGAR, 11:50
Magpie behaviour, Philip Veerman, 09:30

August 19, 2019

Fw: [eBird Alert] Goulburn Mulwaree Rare Bird Alert <daily>, Ryu Callaway, 21:27
Fwd: [canberrabirds] Magpie behaviour, Graeme Clifton, 20:04
Starlings going home to roost via Constitution Ave, Janet Russell, 17:23
Bird Walk leader sought for Aranda Bushland Sunday 15 Sept, Jenny Bounds, 15:14

August 18, 2019

Whistling Kite having a bad day, Danny McCreadie, 19:57
off track but we all see them when birding in summer, the secrets of the Common brown butterfly take off - multi exposure shot, David Rees, 18:43
WW next W, Martin Butterfield, 17:30
More Spring Arrivals Dusky Woodswallows x 5, kym bradley, 17:22
Magpie behaviour, Philip Veerman, 17:00
Signs of spring, Danny McCreadie, 15:55
FW: [canberrabirds] Signs of spring, Geoffrey Dabb, 15:53
Signs of spring, Nicki Taws, 14:29
Magpie behaviour, Geoffrey Dabb, 11:26

August 17, 2019

RE: Latham's Snipe at West Belconnen Pond, Suzanne EDGAR, 19:05
0.2 of a second of the flight of a cockie (Photos), David Rees, 17:54
RE: Latham's Snipe at West Belconnen Pond, Christine, 17:29
What birds eat, Geoffrey Dabb, 16:15

August 16, 2019

Golden Whistler, Philip Veerman, 16:30
Golden Whistler, Graeme Clifton, 16:19
Blue-faced Honeyeater, shorty, 09:13
found at Stony Creek reserve: one hat, Kevin Windle, 09:09

August 14, 2019

Netting on new wetlands and birds, Rods Gardening, 22:47
Recall: [canberrabirds] Cockatiel, Alison, 18:28
Recall: [canberrabirds] Cockatiel, Alison, 18:27
Cockatiel, Alison, 18:26
Cockatiel, Philip Veerman, 18:13
Cockatiel, Alison, 18:08
Ringneck, John Harris, 17:00
RE: Latham's Snipe at West Belconnen Pond, Lori Gould, 16:52
FW: [canberrabirds] RE: Latham's Snipe at West Belconnen Pond, Geoffrey Dabb, 16:51
Cockatiel, Lyndon Howe, 16:24
RE: Latham's Snipe at West Belconnen Pond, Lori Gould, 15:50
Latham's Snipe at West Belconnen Pond, Anthony Willis, 15:36
Fire on the belly, Geoffrey Dabb, 10:07

August 12, 2019

Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Netting on new wetlands and birds, Marg Peachey, 16:11
FW: [canberrabirds] Netting on new wetlands and birds, Geoffrey Dabb, 15:50

August 11, 2019

Dotterel & Project videos - ACT Healthy Waterways, Rosemary Blemings, 20:10
Netting on new wetlands and birds, Nick Payne, 19:20
Major Mitchell, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 17:53
Major Mitchell, Martin Butterfield, 16:04
FW: [canberrabirds] Fwd: [giant parrot] paper, Geoffrey Dabb, 11:31
Fwd: [giant parrot] paper, Isobel Crawford, 09:58

August 10, 2019

Wotsit and other matters, Geoffrey Dabb, 10:03
Power outage at Cornell affecting eBird, Martin Butterfield, 08:06
Power outage at Cornell affecting eBird, Ryu Callaway, 07:58

August 09, 2019

Power outage at Cornell affecting eBird, Martin Butterfield, 14:10
Power outage at Cornell affecting eBird, Martin Butterfield, 14:10
Power outage at Cornell affecting eBird, Martin Butterfield, 14:10
Another Wotsit, Geoffrey Dabb, 13:33

August 08, 2019

Bowerbird observtion - ? practising courtship, Jean Casburn, 17:13
'Where Song Began in Canberra', 22 August, David McDonald (personal), 16:41
Pink eared Ducks at Gungahlin Pond, B&RGraham, 14:10

August 07, 2019

Your Canberra Bird Notyes - First call for contributions for the December 2019 issue, Michael Lenz, 16:43
FW: Magpie trivia, Geoffrey Dabb, 14:12
Fwd: nest box location - urban parks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED], Rosemary Blemings, 14:06
Fan tailed Cuckoo, Graeme Clifton, 10:59

August 06, 2019

Drones in CNP and birds, Martin Butterfield, 20:09

August 05, 2019

A request: do you know someone who can warble like a magpie?, Jess Semler, 17:45
Play theory, Geoffrey Dabb, 09:20

August 04, 2019

Fwd: Do windfarms kill birds? How Australia can limit the impact on threatened species | Environment | The Guardian, Rosemary Blemings, 19:59
Interesting behaviour of a Whimbrel in its breeding zone (Iceland in this case) - snapping up insects from flowers, David Rees, 17:56
Wetlands postcard, Geoffrey Dabb, 13:59
Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters at Stony Creek, Steve Read, 12:18
thank you Shorty!, Suzanne EDGAR, 08:31

August 03, 2019

Mulligan's Sitella action photos, David Rees, 19:36
Ravens and balls, again, Alison, 17:56
Ravens and balls, again, Steve Read, 15:00
Ravens and balls, again, Philip Veerman, 10:56
FW: [canberrabirds] Ravens and balls, again, Geoffrey Dabb, 09:18
Ravens and balls, again, Elizabeth Keen, 09:01

August 02, 2019

more extraordinary footage of Tidbinbilla's Platypus, feeding and having a scratch out of water, David Rees, 19:02
Bird photos, Nick Payne, 16:53
Bird photos, Dr David Rosalky, 13:30
PED obs this morning, Geoffrey Dabb, 11:56
Pied Stilt, shorty, 07:44

August 01, 2019

Any birding hotspots within 1 hour drive of Canberra, Dieter Schonwetter, 21:15
Flame Robibs@ Wee Jasper (film), David Rees, 18:01
Ravens and balls, again, Philip Veerman, 17:39
'Spiders and window glass', David McDonald (personal), 11:05
Ravens and balls, again, arowell@iinet.net.au, 09:47
Ravens and balls, again, Suzanne EDGAR, 09:08

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