Hi Mark,
Just quickly here's what I can ascertain.
In terms of Spotted Bowerbird, I can find a record at Premer, 80 km west of
Quirindi, and at Split Rock Reservoir, 100 km northwest of Quirindi. The
closest established populations is at Leard State Forest and Mt Kaputar
National Park, 120 km northwest of Quirindi. However interestingly just a
couple of weeks ago a Spotted Bowerbird was seen in the urban streets of
Rothbury by Allan Richardson (4/10/2011) and then again by Steve Roderick
(4/30/2011). See a NSW Birdline report at
http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=2 and scroll down
to #17296.A remarkable record, this 170 km southeast of Quirindi, and just 50
km from Newcastle.
In terms of Satin Bowerbird, they have been recorded in Quirindi once before,
as well as nearby at Wallabadah, 15 km east of Quirindi, and they are resident
at Murrurundi, 35 km to the southeast.
Going by this, my guess is that your bird was a female Satin Bowerbird.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
________________________________________
From:
on behalf of Mark Stanley
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:33 PM
To:
Subject: Bowerbird at Quirindi, south of Tamworth
While driving into Quirindi from the New England Highway, I saw what I saw a
bowerbird land beside, then fly into an orange-berried bush in a garden.
Bins were'nt handy and anyway was driving to a meeting with no time to stop.
At a glance it looked a bit like a pale Western Bowerbird with which I'm
familiar so I assumed it was a Spotted Bowerbird. But Birdata shows Quirindi
a bit outside its range but just inside the Satin Bowerbird range so am now
assuming it was probably a female of the latter species. Would anyone
familiar with birds in the area care to comment?
--
Mark Stanley
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use of the
intended recipient. It is confidential and may contain personal information or
be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended
recipient any use, disclosure, reproduction or storage of it is unauthorised.
If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender via return
email and delete it from your system immediately. Victoria University does not
warrant that this email is free from viruses or defects and accepts no
liability for any damage caused by such viruses or defects.
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
|
