It's equally odd that no birders have seen and reported them, given the
proximity to Melbourne, especially if these people are seeing them regularly.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Bill Stent
> Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 11:42 AM
> To: Tim Dolby; simon starr; BA email
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in Beenak forest
>
> It's odd. My sister has been swearing black and blue that
> she's seen black cockatoos with red tails at the Rosanna
> Parklands in Melbourne a few years ago. She's not sure if
> they were RTBCs or Glossies.
>
> While I was there a couple of weeks ago after some Gang
> Gangs, I got talking to a guy who lives in an adjoining
> property, and he gave me the same story.
> One account is easy to discount, but two unrelated accounts
> becomes more credible.
>
> I'm assuming these are escapees. Rosanna isn't far from Bundoora.
>
> Bill
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Tim Dolby" <>
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:34 AM
> To: "simon starr" <>; "BA email"
> <>
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in Beenak forest
>
> > Tom Fletcher sent me an email about a similar situation
> (see message
> > below).
> >
> > Interestingly Tom also notes that RTBC turn up in Lorne
> from time to
> > time, suggesting a possible isolated Otway population. Tom asks for
> > any further information. (I can find no records.) Tom's email is
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > ________
> >
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > You may like to pass this on through Birding Aus. When I lived at
> > Wandin North, 3137, (for 23 years) during the 1980/90's people
> > regularly reported to me a small flock of Red-tailed
> Black-Cockatoos.
> > My son positively sighted this flock passing around Little
> Stringy Bark Creek in the 90's.
> > In those days I unfortunately did not submit records as we do now.
> >
> > We lived on 10 acres and each morning at dawn, approx. 100
> > Yellow-tailed B.C's would assemble at dawn on our fruit
> etc. trees adjoining our house.
> > Many would feed on our back lawn. After working out their
> agenda for
> > the day they would then head off in all directions in
> flocks of about 6 to 10.
> > Although I personally did not record the Red-tails I am thoroughly
> > convinced a small flock existed in the Yarra Valley/Dandenong's.
> >
> > A few records of Red-tails comes in from time to time from Lorne in
> > the Otways. If anyone can add to these records I would be most
> > appreciative for the info.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: on behalf of simon starr
> > Sent: Thu 4/15/2010 9:02 AM
> > To: BA email
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in Beenak forest
> >
> > As a slight aside to this, last spring I was showing some visiting
> > American birders around the mallee. We had lunch at Lake Hattah and
> > afterwards headed off back south to Wyperfeld. Along the
> way one of the
> > Americans asked me how common Red-tailed Black Cockatoos
> are here? as
> > looking at the field guide he was surprised that he had
> seen one. He
> > claimed that he had good views of one in the Red Gums there
> while we
> > were "off with the birds" in another direction. I can
> understand that
> > he didn't mention it at the time. They were new to the
> country, seeing
> > lots of new birds all the time ( especially cockatoos and
> parrots at
> > Lake Hattah! ), this was just another one. I quizzed him quite
> > extensively and its hard to think of anything else it could
> have been.
> > Needless to say I was a bit miffed at missing out.
> > It would seem likely that if this was one, this individual
> could have
> > hailed from the Darling River population, and follows a sighting of
> > one in Mildura some time back. I guess we will never know.
> >
> > I cant add anything to the Beenak reports, other than to
> say that its
> > a long way from East Gippsland if they are Glossys, possibly more
> > likely an escaped pair of Red-tails that have nested ??
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Simon Starr
> >
> >
> >
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