Alex:
Can you supply any more details about the nightjar's "wheelies"? How
many were done? In the open? Was any other bird present? Was the bird
feeding? etc. TIA
Cheers, Jim
On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Alexandra Appleman wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 07:59:21 +1000 (EST)
> From: Alexandra Appleman <>
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> Yesterday around dusk (6.30pm here in Townsville, 19 degrees south of the
> equator) I got the best views ever of a male large tailed nightjar calling
> and doing wheelies at the mangroves near 'National Park' in the suburb of
> Railway Estate.
>
> The bird perched on the fence of a nearby construction site for several
> minutes so that I could see not only the white panes on the tail, but also
> that this particular bird has quite a pronounced white throat. This is the
> first time I had seen one perched as opposed to darting through the trees
> with amazing acrobatic agility. It hung there in a similar manner to a
> treecreeper.
>
> Pizzey and Knight list the bird as common in rainforest but patchily
> distributed south of Ingham. As well as 'National Park' the nightjar can
> be found during the breeding season at Pallarenda on the coast.
>
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