On Taiwan in November 2009 we found the Eyebrowed Thrush to be very
common in suitable places, but also very elusive. You can stand
underneath a small tree with 30-40 of them in it and barely be able to
get a decent view of one.
Good luck everyone.
John Leonard
On 8 February 2011 23:30, Jeff Davies <> wrote:
> Alternatively, it didn't come in with the cyclone which approached from the
> exact opposite direction this bird would have taken to get to Cairns.
> I suspect that it is a coincidence.
>
> Cheers Jeff.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Laurie Knight
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2011 11:12 PM
> To: Alan Gillanders
> Cc: birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Possible Eyebrowed Thrush on the Atherton
> Tablelands
>
> Woohoo, possibly the first photographed rarity from Cyclone Yasi.
> Wikipedia says it migrates from Siberia to SE Asia / Indonesia. It
> must have been seriously out of the way to start with to be picked up
> by a system motoring in from Fiji.
>
> Regards, Laurie.
>
>
> On 08/02/2011, at 9:46 PM, Alan Gillanders wrote:
>
>> G'day,
>> I have posted a couple of poor pictures plus a description of the
>> sighting and the bird on my blog
> http://alanswildlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/terrys-strange-thrush.html
>> I would be happy for second opinions.
>>
>> It has been hanging around the same place for two days now though
>> it is not easy to see and sometimes not easy to see clearly. It took
>> me more than 2.5 hours over two visits to get a few glimpses. The
>> location is on the private property of Terry and Michelle
>> Heidenreich near Malanda, 370 Stonehouse Road. They are happy to
>> have visitors, just call at the house or the flower packing shed for
>> directions to where the bird has been seen. They rarely answer their
>> phone.
>>
>> I'll be out most of the day so not much point in trying to ring me
>> either.
>> Regards,
>> Alan
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