G'day Tim and Mark,
I wouldn't give up on Spotted Bowerbird, from an appearance point of view
Spotted and female Satin don't have a lot in common. If Mark thought it
looked like a Western Bowerbird then he was unlikely to be looking at a
female Satin Bowerbird. The fact that one species may be naturally a hand
full of kilometers closer to the location shouldn't end the matter.
Cheers Jeff.
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Tim Dolby
Sent: Friday, 6 May 2011 12:53 PM
To: Mark Stanley;
Subject: Bowerbird at Quirindi, south of Tamworth
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
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