Why "Thickknees"? I have a 1989 copy of Simpson and Day that calls
them Thick-knees (with a hyphen), but recent ones all call them
Stone-curlews. Cayley calls it a Bush Curlew or Stone Plover.
Peter Shute
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wrote on Wed Apr 16 22:42:25 2008:
> There are several pairs in the grounds of the University of
> Queensland campus at St Lucia, Brisbane. I approached two birds
> within a few metres the other morning adjacent to a busy car park,
> and they are calling quite regularly at dusk at the moment. For a
> European used to thick-knees being rare birds with specialist habitat
> requirements, it is great to see them in urban green spaces!
>
> with best wishes,
>
> Rich
>
> Spatial Ecology Lab
> The Ecology Centre
> The University of Queensland
> St Lucia
> QLD 4072
> Australia
>
> Tel: +61 (0)7 3365 2454
>
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> From: on behalf of L&L Knight
> Sent: Wed 16-Apr-08 21:00
> To: Birding Aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Urban Bush Thickknees
>
>
>
> I was pleased to see a trio of Bush Thickknees at Spring Hill Corner
> [overlooking the Roma St railway station, SEQ] at lunchtime
> yesterday. While there has been a pair that put on periodic
> appearances in the Albert St parklands, I rarely find them. There was
> a nesting Thickknee in the RS Gardens, so perhaps the third bird is
> the resulting offspring.
>
> I was even more pleased to hear a Bush Thickknee calling in the early
> hours of this morning - it's the first one I've heard calling in
> Brisbane and the first one I've come across in my part of town.
>
> Regards, Laurie.
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