Thanks Ian, and to all other people who are sending in sightings to me.
As the RAOU is to produce another Atlas it will present an opportunity to
clarify both range and status of all species, and I encourage everyone to
take part
On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Ian Cowan wrote:
> Alexandra Appleman's recent posting on the status of the Bush Stone-Curlew
> implied that the only place to find them in Cairns was the graveyard. I
> lived about 150 metres from the cemetery in the period 1977-1984 and we
> often had them at night on the footpath and in the front yard screaming
> beneath out bedroom window (just as well I was a birdlover!). There was
> also always at least one pair resident in the Council depot yard at Martyn
> Street.
> Since moving to Clifton Beach in 1984 we have always had a pair resident in
> the horse paddock opposite our house and another pair can always be found
> on vacant land down toward the beach. They appear to be holding their own
> in this part of suburbia. Just the other morning, when driving in to work,
> I spotted one eyeballing (with wings extended) an old grey horse in the
> horse paddock on the northern side of the Trinity Beach roundabout.
> A bit further afield, when camping at Lakefield National Park last October,
> you could hear them calling during the night.
> Ian Cowan
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