Hi Cas
I've not got all of the details from other survey teams as yet but
the team I was leading had no such luck. However, we did observe a
male Superb Fairy-wren performing the "face fan" display, with
auriculars extended and the crest rather flattened.
Ricki
On 24/09/2007, at 5:36 PM, Cas and Lisa Liber wrote:
Sounds great,
Anyone see any petal carrying birds and if so what colour were te
petals...
Cas
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From:
On Behalf Of Ricki Coughlan
Sent: Monday, 24 September 2007 6:23 AM
To: birdingaus aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Northern Beaches Fairy-wren Survey
Hi all
A quick note to let you all know that the Northern Beaches Fairy-
wren Survey
weekend went over very well, with dozens participating in the
surveys and
presentation night and plenty of excellent records.
Everything went surprisingly smoothly, though we plan to examine
the entire
process, outcomes and survey methodology to find ways that we can
improve
things next year.
Almost everyone who participated on the teams was totally new to bird
watching. We also had a number of children and teenagers along.
Given that
one of the main goals of the weekend was to get people out into
nature who
normally might not do so makes the weekend an even greater success.
Some people got a trifle moist on one of the teams when it rained
right at
the end of the survey period on Saturday. However, Sunday turned on
fantastic weather and plenty of excellent data were collected. We
had a
great time with these delightful birds on my survey team. Most team
members
were total novices but everyone was able to split the Variegated
and Superb
Fairy-wrens by their appearance and calls by the time we had
completed the
survey.
Thanks to Mia Dalby-Ball (Pittwater Council), John Gale, Marita
Macrae,
Cathy Hemrey (Coastal Environment Centre), Kuringai National Park
and all of
the people who took part.
Happy fairy-wrenning
Ricki Coughlan
Sydney
Mb: 0400 436 910
http://www.redtail.net.au
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