Canberra Ornithologists Group Mailing List (date)

December 31, 2020

A query concerning Musk Duck recordings, Chris Davey, 21:46
Kambah Koel being fed by Red Wattlebird, Ace Frawley via Canberrabirds, 14:08
Koels again, john harris via Canberrabirds, 13:52
Rivett/Chapman Koel activity end 2020, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 11:26

December 30, 2020

FYI: Budgie reports on CNM, Ryu Callaway via Canberrabirds, 19:48
Immature Figbird - Molonglo River near RSPCA/Tuggeranong Parkway, Ryu Callaway via Canberrabirds, 19:36
Preening Brown headed Honeyeater, kym bradley via Canberrabirds, 19:22

December 29, 2020

Currawong caching, mariko buszynski via Canberrabirds, 16:10
Bluetts Block today, Jean Casburn, 15:37
Bird-A-Day 2021, Neil Hermes via Canberrabirds, 15:20
Great Crested Grebes: Cotter Dam., rick . a . kuhn via Canberrabirds, 13:53
Lyrebirds practising on upper Wark's Road, Graham Gall, 12:08
Lyrebirds practising on upper Wark's Road, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds, 11:55
White Necked aka Pacific Heron in unusual stances, Philip Veerman, 09:35

December 28, 2020

White Necked aka Pacific Heron in unusual stances, Michael Lenz via Canberrabirds, 21:23
White Necked Heron Steve Reads observation, kym bradley via Canberrabirds, 20:40
White Necked aka Pacific Heron in unusual stances, Steve Read via Canberrabirds, 19:26
White Necked aka Pacific Heron in unusual stances, kym bradley via Canberrabirds, 18:04

December 27, 2020

New eBird Moderator for the ACT, Kim Farley via Canberrabirds, 17:53
New eBird Moderator for ACT, Kim Farley via Canberrabirds, 17:49
Crimson rosella - bizarre encounter, Lindell Emerton via Canberrabirds, 11:53
Crimson rosella - bizarre encounter, Alison, 11:38

December 23, 2020

Fleeing Frogmouth in Florey, Martin Butterfield via Canberrabirds, 19:50
Where the southside Superb Parrots hang out, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds, 19:26
Fleeing Frogmouth in Florey, John Brannan, 16:12
Lost juvenile chough, Maurits Zwankhuizen via Canberrabirds, 15:30
worrying story re Australian company wanting to mine sand on Central Asian wader flyway island, Martin Butterfield via Canberrabirds, 07:32
worrying story re Australian company wanting to mine sand on Central Asian wader flyway island, sandra henderson via Canberrabirds, 07:17
two juvenile Australasian Figbirds Dickson, Isobel Crawford, 07:06

December 22, 2020

Bird-A-Day 2021, Peter Higgins via Canberrabirds, 16:52
Bird-A-Day 2021, Ryu Callaway via Canberrabirds, 15:10
Re: [Canberrabirds] Painted Snipe at Kelly’s this morning, Peter Higgins via Canberrabirds, 11:39

December 21, 2020

Gouldian finches nesting at Holt. (NB: it's the silly season), Jean Casburn, 17:21
Gouldian finches nesting at Holt. (NB: it's the silly season), John Layton, 17:13
[Canberrabirds] Painted Snipe at Kelly’s this morning, Ken Black via Canberrabirds, 09:19

December 20, 2020

Elizabeth Compston, Charles Buer via Canberrabirds, 18:49
Elizabeth Compston, Terry Munro via Canberrabirds, 18:41
Glasses found, Graham Gall, 15:06
Glasses found, Fokker, Miriam via Canberrabirds, 14:25
Magpie Lark nesting in deciduous tree, Robin Hide via Canberrabirds, 10:06

December 19, 2020

Not birds - Flying Foxes at Lake Ginninderra, Robin Hide via Canberrabirds, 16:08

December 18, 2020

Swans, Susan Robertson via Canberrabirds, 17:36
Elizabeth Compston, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 09:44

December 17, 2020

Great Crested Grebes: Cotter Dam., Greg Wood, 18:16

December 16, 2020

2021 Field trips, Sue Lashko via Canberrabirds, 19:01
Koel fledglings, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 13:19

December 15, 2020

Blue Billed ducks @ Isabella Plains (film), Philip Veerman, 22:40
Quail at Yarramundi Grasslands (and elsewhere), Greg Wood, 17:25
Gooroo South survey 15 Dec 2020, Steve Holliday, 14:22
Bird id, Richard Allen via Canberrabirds, 13:04
Bird id, G and B Austin via Canberrabirds, 12:33

December 14, 2020

Check of a local species against field guides, Wallaces, 22:44
Check of a local species against field guides, Wallaces, 17:23
Red Wattlebird attacks and kills a Sparrow, Jean Casburn, 16:04

December 13, 2020

Caterpillar-constructed mobile home, Harvey Perkins via Canberrabirds, 14:25
Caterpillar-constructed mobile home, Nick Payne via Canberrabirds, 14:20

December 12, 2020

Painted Honeyeaters, Brian Jones via Canberrabirds, 22:14
Emailing: DSC_9250-2.jpg, denisekay49--- via Canberrabirds, 18:19
Emailing: DSC_9250-2.jpg, Philip Veerman, 15:35
Emailing: DSC_9250-2.jpg, Con, 14:57
Emailing: DSC_9250-2.jpg, Lyndon Howe, 14:08
Little Eagle at Lyneham Ridge, Con, 10:44
Quail at Yarramundi Grasslands, Robin Hide via Canberrabirds, 09:41

December 09, 2020

Red-browed Finch breeding, Philip Veerman, 22:01
Magpies on the ball, John Layton, 18:26
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren at Black Mountain Nature Reserve, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds, 11:18
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren at Black Mountain Nature Reserve, Con, 11:00
Red-browed Finch breeding, john harris via Canberrabirds, 10:00

December 08, 2020

2nd successful nesting Brown Treecreepers, kym bradley via Canberrabirds, 21:54
FW: Presenters for COG Members' Night, 13 January 2021, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 13:52
Majura Training Area Woodland Survey, Paul Fennell, 11:15

December 07, 2020

Registration for COG Christmas Covid-Safe event at Black Mountain Peninsula on Wed 9 December, B&RGraham, 14:07
COG Christmas get-together, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 08:22

December 06, 2020

Blue Billed ducks @ Isabella Plains (film), David Rees via Canberrabirds, 10:07

December 05, 2020

Mt Ainslie summer woodland survey, Michael Lenz via Canberrabirds, 16:41
Silver Bowerbird nest - literally devastated, Philip Veerman, 15:52
Mt Majura Woodland Survey - Dec 20, John and Kathy, 15:35
Update Common Sandpiper STILL at Isabella pond, kym bradley via Canberrabirds, 12:30
Pied Stilts, shorty via Canberrabirds, 07:29

December 04, 2020

information request - lyrebirds and pilotbirds, Rob Geraghty via Canberrabirds, 19:55
information request - lyrebirds and pilotbirds, Geoffrey Dabb, 16:53
Presenters for COG Members' Night, 13 January 2021, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 08:45

December 03, 2020

Silver Bowerbird nest - literally devastated, Merarth Tarrant, 19:16
Re: [Canberrabirds] Flightless birds were more common before human-driven extinctions – new study, Philip Veerman, 19:05
[Canberrabirds] Lorikeets: Four things you didn’t know about them, Tony Lawson, 18:57
[Canberrabirds] Flightless birds were more common before human-driven extinctions – new study, Tony Lawson, 18:54
painted HE, Sue Lashko via Canberrabirds, 14:44
Injured Rufous Songlark at Lyons shops, jandaholland@bigpond.com, 09:36
Satin Flycatcher location?, Ken Black via Canberrabirds, 07:49

December 01, 2020

Hobby teasing Cockatoos, Philip Veerman, 22:16
Brown Songlark on Parkwood Rd, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds, 10:24

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