In fact it was a rather grassy area on account of the bushfires.
John L
On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 17:31, Con <> wrote:
FWIW, I have recorded Stubble Quail (and PBQ) near the summit of Black Mountain - in woodland with a rather sparse understorey. I believe that Stubble Quail may be a bit more elastic as to habitat than is generally supposed.
kind regards
Con
On 10/7/2021 4:32 PM, Richard Allen via Canberrabirds wrote:
Stubble quail very unlikely up mt Tennent unless it is now fields of grass. Most likely pbq. They fly as far as they want and there are many recent records around Canberra and namadgi.
Richard
Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Oct 2021, at 3:45 pm, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds
wrote:
Today I walked from the Namadgi Visitors Centre to the summit of Mt Tennent. It wasn't really a bird-watching walk, it was mainly for the purpose of sweating.
I did see the Jacky Winter at NVC (there used to a regular JW in that area so hopefully the sp can become a fixture in the woodland again). I also heard a Fan-tailed Cuckoo or two near the summit of Tennent.
However the most unexpected sighting was a pair of Stubble Quail flushed from by the track about 1 km up the Mt Tennent track. They were in an open area caused by the fires of early 2020. They were identified by being large (for a quail), greyish and streaky,
and by flying a long way rocking from side to side in flight (buttonquails fly a short distance and drop, Brown Quails fly a long way but don't rock in flight).
-- This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra Ornithologists Group. Emails posted to the list that exceed 2 MB (2,000 kB) in size, including attachments, will be rejected. All emails distributed via the list are archived at
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds. It is a condition of list membership that you agree to your contributions being archived.
--
This is the email announcement and discussion list of the Canberra Ornithologists Group.
Emails posted to the list that exceed 2 MB (2,000 kB) in size, including attachments, will be rejected.
All emails distributed via the list are archived at
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/canberrabirds. It is a condition of list membership that you agree to your contributions being archived.
The University of NSWSchool of Computer and Engineering
takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely
a compilation of material sent by many people to the Canberra Ornithologists Group mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way.
If you wish to get material removed from the archive or
have other queries about the list contact David McDonald, list manager, phone (02) 6231 8904 or email
.
If you can not contact David McDonald e-mail
Andrew Taylor at this address:
andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU
