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Re sighting of Malleefowl in the Goonoo State
Forest, about 43 kms N/E of Dubbo in the central west of NSW, David Geering
wrote:
"I have no idea how many times I had
been past that mound in the past two years with no-one home. "
It has much to do with the season David.
During the laying period the bird is fairly reliably there, on and off, for most
of the day. It also depends on the temperature of the day/s, and the recent
rainfall.
In the past month or so I've taken a
number of people there, and we haven't dipped once.
Anyway, congratulations on seeing so
much activity and such interesting behaviour. As visiting Welsh naturalist
Iolo Williams said after he and his BBC TV crew watched this bird for a half
hour or so in September, "He's a busy old boy!"
BTW, I have to confirm the higher number
of sightings in the past year. Although I am not going to Goonoo quite as often
as in past years, I'm seeing Malleefowl much more often, and more widely spread
across the forest. Good news, eh?
Regards, Judie Peet
(The only thing certain in birdwatching is that
nothing's certain.)
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