Hi Neil,
If you are feeling energetic, there is a bower close to the summit track
(western approach) to Mount Bartle Frere. I have see the male in the general
vicinity of the bower on two separate occasions in August and December. In late
August 2009 I was surprised that the bower was being decorated so early. It's a
long, steep walk, but the view and the birds are worth it.
Stuart Collard
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> 1. Eastern Osprey, Wedgetailed Eagle and others (Geoffrey Jones)
> 2. re golden bower bird (neil mcfarlane)
> 3. Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity (Simon Mustoe)
> 4. Re: Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos in Collingwood/Greater
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> 5. Re: re golden bower bird (martin cachard)
> 6. Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity (Robert Inglis)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:46:14 +1000
> From: "Geoffrey Jones" <>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Eastern Osprey, Wedgetailed Eagle and others
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> Good Afternoon Everyone
>
> I have nearly finished my
> photos from my recent trip up to Cape York to photograph the
> Golden-shouldered Parrot and two of the highlights from this trip were a
> pair of Ospreys which had built their nest 3 times before succeeding in not
> breaking a limb. Also an old adult Wedge-tailed Eagle who just sat in a tree
> while we got out of the car and let us take heaps of shots as he had a full
> crop as you can see in the photos. On another note I stayed at Kingfisher
> Park at Julatten, to and from my Cape York trip and photographed some really
> quality birds there, as well as seeing a Red-necked Crake. Things are pretty
> quite up in that neck of the woods at the moment and anybody contemplating a
> trip into that area could do far worse than to stay at the Lodge as Keith
> and Lindsey are fantastic hosts.
>
> Anyway here is my usual link but also have a look at my homepage as we have
> just put up a slideshow which still needs a bit of fine tuning and I would
> be interested in any comments
> http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup
> <http://barraimaging.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0>
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> Kindest Regards
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> Geoff Jones
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> Barraimaging
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:58:07 -0700
> From: "neil mcfarlane" <>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] re golden bower bird
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> I?m up in north qld ticking off so many birds from a list I have yet to see,
> but can not seem to find a golden bower bird. Can someone suggest a location
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> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:54:22 +1000
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Emperor Penguin Taken into Captivity
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> Hi,
>
> No sooner had we got SMS, Twitter and other messages out about the Emperor
> Penguin and ash clouds had cleared, it seems that perhaps the biggest
> potential rarity of the year for ANYWHERE in the world, has been taken into
> captivity.
>
> http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/5185989/Ailing-Kapiti-emperor-penguin-rescued
>
> Read about the bird's find on Bird-O:
> http://bird-o.com/2011/06/23/why-penguins-are-one-seventh-as-popular-as-the-weather/
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> Regards,
>
> Simon.
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> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:43:27 +1000
> From: "michael norris" <>
> To: "Tim Dolby" <>, <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos in
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> Thanks, Tim, for getting all those records off the computer.
>
> With my Councillor duties I am struggling to keep up the Bayside Friends of
> Native Wildlife database - let alone forward them to the Atlas etc. (I know,
> I know, I should). Maybe that's why there are none from here in your list.
>
> Anyhow I've had a look at the records and, excluding YTBCs flying over (some
> more in 2003):
>
> - there was one record in 2003
> - 32 records in 2009 from 10 of the 18 areas into which we have divided
> Bayside (with a maximum count of 40)
> - 19 records in 2010 from 9 areas (max 28)
> - 4 so far in 2011 from 3 areas (max 30)
>
> I think these generally support what you and Peter Menkhorst wrote with
> perhaps a lessening of numbers as conditions improve post-fire.
>
> June was by far the peak month (18 out of 57 records) with Jan and Feb the
> only months without records. The Reader's Digest book gives the breeding
> season in the south as being from July to Jan and the species might have
> been breeding here/nearby (I had no clue that there were two pairs of
> Long-billed Corellas nesting 400m away in Canary Island Palms until I heard
> they were disturbed by tree work!).
>
> Pines were associated with 4 of the 22 records of feeding association with
> trees, the rest relating mainly to gums and wattles, with one on hakeas.
>
> But, as you say, there is observer bias. 7 of the 57 records are from my
> Hampton home (in a Major Activity Centre near the station) and they have
> probably been to the nearby Sugar Gums and certainly to a big wattle (from
> the Otways I am told) over our drive on 6 occasions.
>
> One got a huge grub 3 weeks ago. Small branches falling ever since.
>
> Michael Norris
> Bayside Friends of Native Wildlife
> http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bayfonw/ and on Facebook
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