You can hear RTBC's calling from the bird enclosure when your outside the
melbourne zoo, they have a distinct call from yellow-tails.
Anecdotally, my grandfather believed Red-tails were regular visitors to
his property at Drysdale on the Bellarine Peninsula over the past 50
years. I'd love to entertain the notion that RTBC's have a population in
the Otways somewhere.
Peter Shute <>
Sent by:
15/04/2010 12:47 PM
To
Michael Ramsey <>, ""
<>
cc
Subject
RE: [Birding-Aus] Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in Beenak forest
I see just one metropolitan sighting in that list, of just one bird, no
sightings of these flocks.
I'm not familiar with any of the black cockatoo species other than
Yellow-tailed. Are they easily separable by call?
Peter Shute
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From: Michael Ramsey
Sent: Thursday, 15 April 2010 12:32 PM
To: Peter Shute;
Subject: Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in Beenak forest
Red-tailed Blacks have been reported from Melbourne (albeit escapees I
think), see Birdline link below:
http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineSpecies.aspx?Taxon=2024&Birdline=1
> From:
> To: ; ; ;
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:15:13 +1000
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Red-tailed Black Cockatoos in Beenak forest
>
> 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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