Canberra Ornithologists Group Mailing List (date)

October 31, 2019

FW: [canberrabirds] Superb Parrot monitoring Darlington Point 17 November, Chris Davey, 20:29
Are our Ravens as smart?, Bill Hall, 16:49
Painted Honeyeaters, rogerwilliams@grapevine.com.au, 15:52
Koel, Philip Veerman, 14:53
Magpie fledglings, Dr David Rosalky, 13:00
Koel, sandra henderson, 12:44
Koel, Martin Butterfield, 12:22
Koel, Philip Veerman, 12:07
Reader picture, kevingwenyth, 12:03
Koel and bower birds, Charmian Lawson, 11:29
Reader picture, Martin Butterfield, 11:27
Reader picture, kevingwenyth, 11:23
Koel, Sean Fitzgerald, 10:51
Koel, John Harris, 10:42
Koel, Ross Stewart, 10:25
Koel, Denise Kay, 10:07
Habitat loss in Australia, Bill Hall, 09:27
Koel, Robin Hide, 09:03

October 30, 2019

Superb Parrot monitoring Darlington Point 17 November, Nicki Taws, 20:53
Koel, Lindell Emerton, 19:54
Urriara Crossing bee eaters (film), David Rees, 19:00
Some observations from the Lake Bathurst area, Michael Lenz, 18:13
Koel, Susan Robertson, 17:09
A Pied Butcherbird photographed at Uriarra Crossing today, Stan Jarzynski, 15:56
Red Wattlebird resourcefulness, calyptorhynchus ., 14:51
Horsfield's Bushlark, Michael Lenz, 13:16
White Winged Trillers, Wayne Gregson, 12:58
Masked and White-browed WS @ Campbell Park, calyptorhynchus ., 11:32
FW: [canberrabirds] lots of news items about birds this week, Geoffrey Dabb, 06:55

October 29, 2019

Peregrine Falcon web cam, Richard Lane, 17:24
lots of news items about birds this week, sandra henderson, 17:01
Peregrine over Narrabundah Hill, Wayne Gregson, 11:09
Common Sandpiper old records at Uriarra Crossing, Philip Veerman, 10:49
Sandpiper still at Isabella Pond, Martin Butterfield, 07:44
Sandpiper still at Isabella Pond, Harvey Perkins, 07:14

October 28, 2019

Olive Whistlers on Mt Gingera track, calyptorhynchus ., 18:09
Common Sandpiper is still at Isabella pond today, Philip Veerman, 11:50
FW: Butcherbird, Philip Veerman, 11:27
COG's bird blitz, Barbara Allan, 11:02
Painted Honeyeater still at NVC, sandra henderson, 10:45
Australian Bird Of The Year 2019 Poll, Matthew Fitzgerald, 10:28
FW: [canberrabirds] FW: Butcherbird, Geoffrey Dabb, 09:26
A good breeding record for the Blitz, Jenny Bounds, 08:51
FW: Butcherbird, Nicki Taws, 06:47

October 27, 2019

Common Sandpiper is still at Isabella pond today, Jean Ffrench, 22:09
FW: Butcherbird, Dr David Rosalky, 20:36
Common Sandpiper is still at Isabella pond today, Philip Veerman, 18:03
A good breeding record for the Blitz, Duncan McCaskill, 16:35
Cockatiels, Marnix Zwankhuizen, 16:12
Easy photo opportunity BFCS nest, Philip Veerman, 15:04
Painted HE, Philip Veerman, 15:02
Morning stretches, Alison, 12:02
FW: [canberrabirds] COG's bird blitz, Geoffrey Dabb, 11:29

October 26, 2019

COG's bird blitz, Philip Veerman, 20:10
COG's bird blitz, Barbara Allan, 18:23
Fitz's Challenge May be of interest for blitz, kym bradley, 17:25
Mass removal of dead trees pending, shorty, 16:55
flight control of the hoverfly, makes falcons/hawks look like beginners (video), David Rees, 12:13

October 25, 2019

Not birds- feral? goats at Googong, Don Fletcher, 18:05
Not birds- feral? goats at Googong, Robin Hide, 17:52
Sharp Tailed Sandpipers, Wayne Gregson, 17:42
A short drive around the Corner (final), Denise Kay, 15:23
Frogmouths, Martin Butterfield, 15:14
Frogmouths, Geoffrey Dabb, 14:20
A short drive around the Corner (final), Geoffrey Dabb, 13:33
COG's bird blitz this weekend, Barbara Allan, 13:26
A short drive around the Corner (5), Martin Butterfield, 12:38
A short drive around the Corner (7), Geoffrey Dabb, 12:30
A short drive around the Corner (5), John Bundock, 12:27
A short drive around the Corner (5), Alison, 11:55
A short drive around the Corner (6), Geoffrey Dabb, 11:42
A short drive around the Corner (5), Mark Clayton, 11:40
A short drive around the Corner (5), Philip Veerman, 11:34
A short drive around the Corner (5), Martin Butterfield, 11:30
A short drive around the Corner (5), Geoffrey Dabb, 10:50
FW: [canberrabirds] Bird ID help please, Geoffrey Dabb, 09:46

October 24, 2019

Bird ID help please, Philip Veerman, 17:08
FW: Survey results from Sept 21, Lori Gould, 16:49
Bird ID help please, Rodney & Deborah Ralph, 16:15
Emu at Cotter, John Bundock, 14:05
Emu at Cotter, John Bundock, 14:04
Emu at Cotter, calyptorhynchus ., 13:43
A short drive around the Corner (4), Geoffrey Dabb, 13:30
Fwd: Re: Common Mynas in Capertee, David Rees, 12:47
A short drive around the Corner (3), Martin Butterfield, 12:29
Hybrid rosellas ..., Robin Eckermann, 12:11
Fwd: Re: Common Mynas in Capertee, Con Boekel, 12:02
Hybrid rosellas ..., Philip Veerman, 11:58
Fwd: Re: Common Mynas in Capertee, Noel Luff, 11:02
A short drive around the Corner (3), Geoffrey Dabb, 10:33
Hybrid rosellas ..., Martin Butterfield, 09:57
Hybrid rosellas ..., David McDonald (personal), 09:45
A short drive around the Corner (2), Geoffrey Dabb, 09:34
Fwd: Re: Common Mynas in Capertee, Noel Luff, 08:53
A short drive around the Corner (1), Geoffrey Dabb, 07:28
Cuckoo ID please, Harvey Perkins, 07:17

October 23, 2019

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Bill Hall, 22:55
A short drive around the Corner (1), Philip Veerman, 19:53
Bee Eaters at stone wall, kym bradley, 17:22
Rufous Songlarks, calyptorhynchus ., 14:00
Halloween Skull Swooped!, Paul Taylor, 12:27
Halloween Skull Swooped!, B&RGraham, 12:15
Trillers nest building, John Brannan, 11:41
A short drive around the Corner (1), Geoffrey Dabb, 09:39

October 22, 2019

Cuckoo ID please, Harvey Perkins, 21:12
Cuckoo ID please, David Rees, 20:46
Cuckoo ID please, kym bradley, 20:23
Koel, Alan Ford, 15:06
Fwd: Re: Common Mynas in Capertee, Mark Clayton, 11:24
Dollarbird, Joan Lipscombe, 09:33
Koel, Prue Watters, 09:12

October 21, 2019

Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Danny McCreadie, 22:14
Koel, Dennis Ayliffe, 20:16
Koel, Con Boekel, 19:33
White throated Gerygone nest building (film), David Rees, 19:25
Rainbow Bee Eaters, kym bradley, 18:41
Koel, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 18:29
Wood duck families, Susan Robertson, 17:29
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Martin Butterfield, 15:53
An interesting visitor, shorty, 15:51
Koel, David Rees, 15:09
An interesting visitor, Philip Veerman, 14:54
Dollarbird, Philip Veerman, 14:41
An interesting visitor, Marg Peachey, 14:39
Dollarbird, Richard Lane, 13:41
Kookaburra, rogerwilliams@grapevine.com.au, 13:02
Dollarbird, rogerwilliams@grapevine.com.au, 12:50
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Philip Veerman, 12:28
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Philip Veerman, 11:57
Koel, Mark Clayton, 09:45
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, pruesteve@iinet.net.au, 09:34
Koel, rogerwilliams@grapevine.com.au, 08:55
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Denise Kay, 07:52
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Robin Hide, 07:38
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Ryu Callaway, 07:21
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Danny McCreadie, 07:07

October 20, 2019

Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, David Rees, 22:53
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, Philip Veerman, 22:41
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, David Rees, 22:24
Koel, chrissy hastir, 21:10
Koel, Philip Veerman, 20:59
Cockatoos trying to pick up monitor by tail, kym bradley, 19:38
Koel, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 18:58
An interesting visitor, shorty, 17:46
Choughs update, Rods Gardening, 17:11
Gang-Gangs, Wayne Gregson, 16:40
Koel, Dr David Rosalky, 09:36

October 19, 2019

Mulligans flat bush stone-curlews and twitchathon, Ryu Callaway, 19:48
Cuckoo season - a video guide to the local small and medium size species, David Rees, 19:41
Cattle Egret Gungahlin, Philip Veerman, 16:43
Mulligans flat bush stone-curlews and twitchathon, Shoshana Rapley, 16:40
Choughs update, Susan Robertson, 16:35
Cattle Egret Gungahlin, David Rees, 15:05

October 18, 2019

Woodswallows over Kambah, Nicki Taws, 16:23
Woodswallows over Kambah, Philip Veerman, 15:30
Pied Stilts, Terry Bell, 14:57
Shovelers Pond........, Terry Bell, 14:47
Another barbed wire incident, Stan Jarzynski, 13:27
Cattle Egret Gungahlin, Nick Payne, 13:15
Cattle Egret Gungahlin, Philip Veerman, 12:45
Cattle Egret Gungahlin, Nick Payne, 12:23
Female Masked Woodswallow Stuck in Barbed Wire, Martin, 12:05
COG's bird blitz 26-27 October, Barbara Allan, 09:51
Powerful owl monitoring Qld, Bill Hall, 08:28
Also in Glebe Park, Martin Butterfield, 06:14

October 17, 2019

Female Masked Woodswallow Stuck in Barbed Wire, Con Boekel, 20:58
Female Masked Woodswallow Stuck in Barbed Wire, Danny McCreadie, 20:24
Woodswallows over Florey, Jenny Bounds, 18:47
Female Masked Woodswallow Stuck in Barbed Wire, Philip Veerman, 18:23
Female Masked Woodswallow Stuck in Barbed Wire, Denise Kay, 18:15
Female Masked Woodswallow Stuck in Barbed Wire, kym bradley, 17:42
Reminder - sunday outing, sandra henderson, 10:38

October 16, 2019

Thanks re Bluetts Block fence, Jean Casburn, 22:13
October Wednesday walks, Martin Butterfield, 18:16
Plenty of white-browed woodswallos down the Old Bobayan Rd, Namadgi NP., David Rees, 17:42
Triller, Terry Munro, 17:36
Namadgi NP Fuscous Honeyeaters, David Rees, 17:08
Triller, Martin Butterfield, 16:26
Triller, Harvey Perkins, 15:50
Triller, Philip Veerman, 15:35
Triller, David Rees, 15:34
Triller, Wayne Gregson, 15:27
Triller, Martin Butterfield, 14:56
Triller, John Brannan, 14:44
Woodswallows over Florey, John Brannan, 14:41
Triller, Mark Clayton, 14:00
Re: RE: [canberrabirds] Triller, Ryu Callaway, 13:59
Triller, Hawkins, Brian, 13:55
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Philip Veerman, 13:50
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Philip Veerman, 12:56
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Martin Butterfield, 12:50
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Jean Ffrench, 11:57
Koels calling Wed 16th, Jean Ffrench, 11:54
Koels calling Wed 16th, Jenny Bounds, 11:47

October 15, 2019

Fairy Wrens, Bill Hall, 17:39
ID please, Stan Jarzynski, 16:41
Jerra Wetlands this morning, steven chivers, 14:57
Bluetts Block - back gate - fence destroyed on one side!, Jean Casburn, 14:37
Jerra Wetlands this morning, Ryu Callaway, 11:42
Sandpiper still at Isabella pond, sandra henderson, 07:55
Kaleen Koel, Mark Clayton, 07:44

October 14, 2019

CSIRO presentations: 'Unknown and Forgotten - uncovering and discovering the biodiversity of Papua New Guinea', David McDonald (personal), 20:45
Common sandpiper, Martin Butterfield, 18:36
Common sandpiper, Alison, 18:12
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Ken Black, 17:40
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Philip Veerman, 17:27
Common sandpiper, Philip Veerman, 17:26
Where do people park at Isabella Pond?, Jean Ffrench, 16:40
Nankeen Night-Heron (adult) at Jerra wetlands today - sleeping., Stan Jarzynski, 15:34
Help finding nests, Iliana Medina Guzmán, 14:21

October 13, 2019

Triller, Martin, 17:33
Superb Parrot, Denise Kay, 15:46
A marine William Cooper, Philip Veerman, 15:18
A marine William Cooper, Philip Veerman, 15:17
A marine William Cooper, Philip Veerman, 15:17
Common sandpiper, Philip Veerman, 15:10
Plenty of birds to see on Narrabundah Hill today, Jean Casburn, 14:02
Common sandpiper, Kevin Windle, 11:58
Pied stilt, David Dedenczuk, 08:54

October 12, 2019

Double-barred Finch nesting, Danny McCreadie, 17:18
Butterfly Project Launch, Graham Gall, 16:06
Butterfly Project Launch, David McDonald (personal), 14:24
Banded lapwings, David Dedenczuk, 12:30
Crimson Chat and Banded Lapwings, Tony and Tash Manderson, 12:12
FW: Observations, rogerwilliams@grapevine.com.au, 07:39

October 11, 2019

Isabella pond - still, Philip Veerman, 17:06
Isabella pond - still, Lia Battisson, 16:57
FW: [canberrabirds] Seasonal Canberra, Geoffrey Dabb, 16:12
Seasonal Canberra, Philip Veerman, 12:10
FW: [canberrabirds] Seasonal Canberra, Geoffrey Dabb, 10:28
Seasonal Canberra, Philip Veerman, 09:34
Seasonal Canberra, Tyrie Starrs, 09:04
Seasonal Canberra, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 08:54
Seasonal Canberra, Geoffrey Dabb, 08:46

October 10, 2019

masked woodswallow and white-browed, kym bradley, 20:13
Also at Isabella pond, helen walker, 14:47
FW: [canberrabirds] Also at Isabella pond, Philip Veerman, 14:09
Also at Isabella pond, Rosemary Blemings, 13:56
Also at Isabella pond, Philip Veerman, 13:46
Also at Isabella pond, Graham Gall, 13:13
FW: [canberrabirds] Also at Isabella pond, Geoffrey Dabb, 13:00

October 09, 2019

Mistletoebird doing the 'bum wipe' depositing mistletoe seeds, at calling (film), Graham Gall, 14:40
Sandpiper still at Isabella Pond, Harvey Perkins, 09:06
Sandpiper still at Isabella Pond, Harvey Perkins, 08:32
Mistletoebird doing the 'bum wipe' depositing mistletoe seeds, at calling (film), Mark Clayton, 08:19

October 08, 2019

Mistletoebird doing the 'bum wipe' depositing mistletoe seeds, at calling (film), David Rees, 21:20
Banded Lapwings, shorty, 18:05
Banded Lapwings, shorty, 18:01
Banded Lapwings, Steve Read, 17:50
Banded Lapwings, sbeatty@grapevine.com.au, 17:46
Banded Lapwings, shorty, 16:28
Banded Lapwings, Martin Butterfield, 16:11
Banded Lapwings, shorty, 13:52
Sunglasses at Isabella Pond, Christine, 12:32
a stray thought on the impact of the drought on our urban grassland feeders, Con Boekel, 11:47
Unknown call, John Brown, 11:36
White Winged Trillers, Denise Kay, 10:05
K2C surveys this Sunday 13th October, Nicki Taws, 07:55
Sandpiper still at Isabella Pond, sandra henderson, 07:42
Unknown call, Harvey Perkins, 07:23

October 07, 2019

WTE Deaths, Bill Hall, 23:49
Also at Isabella pond, Philip Veerman, 21:40
Also at Isabella pond, Lia Battisson, 21:02
Also at Isabella pond, Denise Kay, 19:57
Also at Isabella pond, Denise Kay, 19:45
Rainbow Bee Eaters return in numbers, kym bradley, 19:28
common / wood sandpipers comparison -some non local photos of mine, David Rees, 18:56
Also at Isabella pond, shorty, 18:07
Unknown call, Philip Veerman, 17:42
Unknown call, John Brown, 17:36
Also at Isabella pond, sandra henderson, 17:28
Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Also at Isabella pond, Martin Butterfield, 16:47
FW: [canberrabirds] Also at Isabella pond, Geoffrey Dabb, 16:43
Vacancies on Saturday pelagic, sandra henderson, 16:03
Also at Isabella pond, Philip Veerman, 14:36
Also at Isabella pond, Philip Veerman, 14:26
Gigerline, Marnix Zwankhuizen, 12:34
Semipalmated Plover, rogerwilliams@grapevine.com.au, 12:04
Re: FW: [canberrabirds] Also at Isabella pond, Martin Butterfield, 11:30
Also at Isabella pond, shorty, 11:11
Also at Isabella pond, Philip Veerman, 10:42
FW: [canberrabirds] Also at Isabella pond, Geoffrey Dabb, 10:28
Also at Isabella pond, calyptorhynchus ., 10:02
Also at Isabella pond, sandra henderson, 09:45
Stilt at Isabella Pond, sandra henderson, 08:58

October 06, 2019

Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Danny McCreadie, 16:38
Gooroo South Woodland Survey 6 October 2019, pruesteve@iinet.net.au, 15:04
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Robin Hide, 14:35
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, John Harris, 14:26
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Rick Schurmann, 13:27
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Stan Jarzynski, 13:15
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Con Boekel, 12:53
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Alan Ford, 12:11
Paucity of Common Blackbirds: think miners' canary, John Layton, 11:08
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Con Boekel, 09:44
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Graham Gall, 09:11
FW: [canberrabirds] Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Geoffrey Dabb, 08:58
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Martin Butterfield, 05:16

October 05, 2019

Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Philip Veerman, 21:49
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Steve Read, 21:15
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Danny McCreadie, 20:52
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Philip Veerman, 20:01
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Michael Lenz, 19:43
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Terry Munro, 19:16
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, Philip Veerman, 18:58
Paucity of Common Blackbirds, John Layton, 17:58
Percival Hill Boobook, John Harris, 17:07
Nest boxes, Marg Peachey, 15:06
Percival Hill Boobook, Duncan McCaskill, 14:12
the domestic peafowl, Geoffrey Dabb, 12:43
Percival Hill Drama, John Harris, 10:44
First whales, now ..., Geoffrey Dabb, 09:28
Musk duck, sandra henderson, 07:56

October 04, 2019

A pair of Gang Gang Cockatoos at Callum Brae today, Philip Veerman, 18:03
Eastern Spinbills sunbaking @ANBG (video) super cute!!, David Rees, 17:59
Nest boxes, David McDonald (personal), 17:30
A pair of Gang Gang Cockatoos at Callum Brae today, Stan Jarzynski, 15:21
COG's bird blitz 26-27 Oct, Barbara Allan, 15:07

October 03, 2019

13 King Parrots at Adventure playground, Kambah, this afternoon, Stan Jarzynski, 17:11
Tidbinbilla Spotted pardalotes (photos), David Rees, 16:55
INVITATION Walk the Board CEO Walk, B&RGraham, 15:11
Majura Training Area (MTA) Spring Woodland Survey, Martin Butterfield, 10:05
Majura Training Area (MTA) Spring Woodland Survey, Paul Fennell, 09:35

October 02, 2019

Sandwash Tawny Frogmouths Nesting, kym bradley, 17:43
Tuggeranong Hill Spring Woodland Survey, Lia Battisson, 16:05
Woodswallows, Nicki Taws, 12:00

October 01, 2019

Black shouldered kite ballet of hovering -slowed down footage to see the beauty of its flight (video), David Rees, 22:38
Barn Owl, Anthony Overs, 21:01
Fairy Martins Nesting in Wombat hole is this normal, kym bradley, 18:21
more spring activity at Mulligans Flat, David Rees, 15:02
Crowded Skies of Gungahlin, Geoffrey Dabb, 14:19
Request photo of female Satin Bowerbird, Philip Veerman, 10:26
Request photo of female Satin Bowerbird, Prue Watters, 09:11
Wedge-tailed Eagle, lindsay571@bigpond.com, 08:54
Request photo of female Satin Bowerbird, Lia Battisson, 08:26

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