Kathy & David Cook had one – in the hand, a window strike if I recall correctly – at their Wamboin home a couple of years ago - David
From: Canberrabirds <>
On Behalf Of Geoffrey Dabb via Canberrabirds
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 7:42 PM
To: Canberrabirds <>
Subject: [Canberrabirds] FW: Another Possible Cuckoo Dove in the Inner South
How interesting. I have no reason to question Ben’s convincing report. As an occasional dog-walker in Carstenz St, usually at the upper or Jansz Cres end, I’ll certainly keep an
eye out for it. As a 2-dog walker I probably do not have quite same freedom for incidental bird-spotting as your 1-dog walker. There are certainly Spotted Doves adjacent to the nearby Griffith Nature Park, which Ben has ruled out. Just one point, I am unable,
no doubt my own fault, to find the mentioned location pin through the link Ben has supplied. Having recourse to the eBird map for the species, I find no record of a Brown Cuckoo-Dove anywhere near Canberra, all to be updated in due course, I suppose.
From: Canberrabirds <>
On Behalf Of Benjamin Ward via Canberrabirds
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 4:08 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Another Possible Cuckoo Dove in the Inner South
While walking my dog yesterday evening I finally got a clear sighting of a cuckoo dove on Carstenz St. While I did not have my camera on me, I had a very clear view of the diagnostic features (see my ebird submission https://ebird.org/checklist/S179092641
for details) as it perched in a bare tree only 35 metres from where I was standing for several minutes, before flying towards me and into the cover of a magnolia tree.
Unfortunately by the time I was back with the camera it was getting dark and there was no sign of the bird, but I would assume it is still in the area somewhere.
On 25 Jan 2024, at 16:36, Benjamin Ward <> wrote:
Yesterday morning I heard what I am fairly certain was a brown cuckoo dove from my back deck in Griffith, calling from somewhere in a private garden a few houses away. The bird called approximately 30 times over the course of 5 minutes
and was probably less than 100 metres away, but unfortunateIy it was not visible from my garden.
Earlier today I went on a walk around Griffith, Red Hill (the suburb) and Forrest to try to relocate it, but to no avail.
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