It's great when this sort of thing happens. I have seen on a few occasions a
large number of species from the same family or group of birds. Here are a few
examples of mine from recent times:
Recently a friend of mine and I heard and saw four species of owl in about half
an hour, on the south coast of NSW:
Masked Owl
Sooty Owl
Southern Boobook
Powerful Owl
Three other night birds were also present:
Tawny Frogmouth
Australian Owlet-nightjar
White-throated Nightjar
Recently in south-east Queensland I had the pleasure of hearing and seeing
eight species of pigeon/dove in a day:
Superb Fruit-dove
Rose-crowned Fruit-dove
Wompoo Fruit-dove
Common Bronzewing
Brown Cuckoo-dove
Emerald Dove
Wonga Pigeon
White-headed Pigeon
Lastly, during some survey work near Tumut a while ago I saw three species of
whistler in three minutes:
Golden Whistler
Olive Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Cheers
Anthony Overs
Hackett ACT
-----Original Message-----
From: andy burton [SMTP:
Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 1998 10:12
To:
Subject: Re: Talking of Records!
>
>>How about six species of cuckoo in one day on a
>>1.25 acre block?
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>>
>>
>>Ian Clayton
>>Townsville
>>North Qld.
>>Phone 07 4789 1306
>>
>>
Or 6 species of Tern in ca 30 minutes in the Hunter River at Newcastle on
14th March last.
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Crested Tern
Little Tern
Common Tern
White-winged Black Tern
Andy Burton
Andy Burton's Bush Tours
703/4 Francis Road
Artarmon, NSW 2064
Email
Ph 61 2 9904 8468 (home and bus.)
Fax 61 2 9904 8768
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