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From: "Ian Temby"<>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:45:45 +1000


From: Ian  on 01/27/99 05:45 PM


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Hi all.
I was excited by a call on Monday that sounded like a Black-eared Cuckoo,
heard from my backyard in suburban Templestowe (about 15 km north-east of
Melbourne, for out of towners).  I imitated the call, and a moment later,
an excited Black-eared Cuckoo landed in a Sugar Gum near the house.  Heard
it calling (or another?) on Australia Day.  New bird for my local list, and
unusual this far south, to my knowledge - an indication of dry conditions
inland?

Tawny Frogmouth sitting on downy young on the Yarra bike path, about 70
metres east of the junction of the Plenty River and the Yarra, north-east
of Melbourne.  I have been watching this bird (or its mate) since I first
noticed it sitting, on 8 Dec 1998, on the typical, exposed horizontal limb
of a eucalypt.  The young are now visible, but still under the parent.  I
expect that the parent will soon graduate to roosting nearby, as the chicks
grow.

Cheers

Ian

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Ian Temby

Wildlife Damage Control Officer

Secretary/Treasurer, BIRDS Australia Parrot Association

Biodiversity Program

Department of Natural Resources and Environment

4/250 Victoria Parade

EAST MELBOURNE   VIC   3002

AUSTRALIA
Phone          613 9412 4429
Fax       613 9412 4586
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