In 1985 Hilary Thompson and I were showing a group of visitors mangrove
birds. But mangrove robin proved elusive. We left our baby son Rowan
gurgling away happily in his pusher at the side of a clearing while we
hunted around.
Suddenly we heard the elusive bird nearby. We intensified our searching.
Then one of us looked around. There, hopping around Rowan's feet, was a
mangrove robin. It hadn't responded at all to our calls, but rather to our
baby's happy gurgling!
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
1/7 Songlark Street
>>> BAKEWELL NT 0832
>>> Ph. 61 08 89 328306
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On 3/8/07 9:31 PM, "John Tongue" <> wrote:
> A birding friend in Hobart tells a similar story. Like for us, the
> Owlet Nightjar has been a long time 'bogey-bird', and also like us,
> she's searched for it high and low. One evening last year, her non-
> birding partner came in from an evening walk and casually asked her
> if there was a small bird with whiskers. She demanded to know why,
> and wasn't impressed when he said he'd seen one on his walk! She,
> and we, still wait and look!
>
> John & Shirley Tongue
> Ulverstone, Tas.
>
>
> On 03/08/2007, at 9:16 PM, Gemfyre wrote:
>
>> My boyfriend isn't terribly interested in birds. He does soak up a
>> surprising amount of the information I spout to him (unfortunately
>> I can't seem to digest most of the info he gives me about various
>> sports) and even regurgitates it at times! And he does admit to an
>> admiration of raptors.
>>
>> Anyway, he seems to be a birding good-luck-charm for me.
>> Inevitably when on holidays I will drag him to good birding spots.
>> One time at Morialta Conservation Park in Adelaide I was seeking
>> two pretty common birds, but ticks for me - the European Goldfinch
>> and the Superb Fairy-wren. During our wander up the track an
>> Eastern Spinebill alighted on a branch directly in front of us -
>> another tick and later a pair of Goldfinches did the same, much to
>> my delight.
>>
>> The fairy-wren proved a little harder. I could hear them calling
>> so I went stalking up a less beaten track while my long suffering
>> SO waited on the main path. I returned about 10 minutes later,
>> having not seen a thing. As I dejectedly headed back to the car,
>> about 50m or so on down the track my boyfriend asks, "Is that one?"
>> and points to a stunning blue fairy-wren right in the middle of the
>> track in front of him.
>>
>> Belinda
>> Narrogin
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