Hi Tim,
I wondered why you were surprised that the record was a winter record.
Noisy Pittas tend to move into lowland rainforest and scrub on the NSW north
coast during the winter, being absent from these areas during the summer.
It is thought that they simply move down from the mountains but it is
probably more complex than that. I would have thought that winter time
would be when stragglers were likely to occur in unusual places. Were
earlier southern records in the summer? A great record anyway so good on
Christopher. I am sure that I have walked that boardwalk some years back.
Regards
Greg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Dolby
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 5:32 PM
To:
Subject: Noisy Pitta at Bermagui, NSW Far South Coast
Hi all,
For anyone currently in the far south coast area of NSW, a single Noisy
Pitta has been photographed by Christopher Hemmingsen at Bermagui. See
http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=6. If you want
to look for the bird, there's a boardwalk at end of Wallaga St, Wallaga
Lake. Walk to end of boardwalk and then past a little hut. Here you'll come
to shaded bush area along path. This is where the bird was seen. (Interested
to hear about any follow ups.)
As far as I can tell, this easily represents Australia's most southerly
record for Noisy Pitta. Perhaps another sign of changing times along
Australia's south-east coast. A winter - rather than summer - record also
seems unusual.
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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