I have just heard that a friend was sent photos by a non-birder of "some
strange bird" that was seen in Ryde yesterday and photographed with a point
and shoot.
As it turned out - Pacific Baza.
Must be the season.
Alistair
On 07/08/2007, Edwin Vella <> wrote:
>
> Hi Alan
>
> You remind me of my first encounter of Pacific Baza's. Well over ten years
> ago, It was in Pennant Hills Park at Epping (a north-western suburb of
> Sydney) when Lorne Johnson told me that he had been seeing a pair of
> adults
> had a young bird with them. I looked around till I eventually found them
> and
> had my best views ever. The 3 birds were busily feeding and at times
> hanging
> upside down with wings beating (a bit like seeing a flying fox roosting).
> I
> was so close to them I could have almost touched them. Pitty I did not
> have
> a camera them.
>
> Edwin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Alan Gillanders
> Sent: Monday, 6 August 2007 11:51 AM
> To: birding-aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Close range Bazas
>
> Greetings,
> Could have dome with a photographer just now. As we approached out yard
> there were two Bazas sitting beside each other on an avocado tree. Despite
> their being no more than 1200 mm apart we were so close that I could not
> see
>
> all of both birds in the one binocular view. They have continued searching
> the garden for stick insects, katydids and frogs. While I like the above
> animals I am happy to feed a few of them to the Bazas, particularly the
> katydids which are eating my plants.
>
> Regards,
> Alan Gillanders
>
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