Yes I thought the record seemed highly unusual. They are pretty
confident on the identification and one of them has photographed many
lyrebirds before around Kinglake and the Dandenongs so is reasonably
sure of the ID. But it was not a live bird just tail feathers and some
associated other feathers so could have come from somewhere else I guess
and a you can never be sure of a second hand sighting. Unfortunately
they didn't take a picture so I can't confirm the ID.
John
wrote:
John Boyce wrote:
Hi everyone,
Some friends just returned from a canoeing weekend along the Murray around
Barmah and said that they had found a dead lyrebird by the river near one
of their campsites. I was surprised to hear there were lyrebirds that far
west along the Murray but some of the maps in my field guides suggest that
they can maybe go even further. So are lyrebirds regularly reported in
this area and has anyone seen them any further west along the Murray?
John
there is no lyrebird population anywhere near Barmah - they do not inhabit
River Red Gum Forest. My guess is that the nearest populations would be in
the Mt Samaria State Park or thereabouts, about 140 km to the south-east
of Barmah on the north-western slopes of the Great Dividing Range. Along
the Murray itself you would have to go upstream of Albury before finding
lyrebirds.
How sure are your friends of the identification? - hard to mistake a
lyrebird, but its a very odd record.
Peter Menkhorst
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