*** UNETHICAL BIRDERS STRIKE AGAIN !!!***
hello all,
there have been a number of briders since Sunday behaving VERY poorly at this
site where the lone adult Red-rumped Swallow has been residing along with a
minimum of 30-odd Barn Swallows.
THIS MUST STOP... NOW please!!
the resident who owns the property adjacent to and below the rig of powerlines
has told me face to face last eveing while I was there at 5:30pm of some very
disturbing, unethical and illegal displays of poor form.
this even includes the culprits, who are DEFINITELY birders, walking the full
50 mtr length of his
PRIVATE driveway without asking for his permission, just to get a 'better' look.
some of these individuals have parked themselves after such a walk within 5
mtrs of his home!!! some have even sat there and waited for the bird/s to show,
often unsuccessful in seeing the red-rump...
this is ILLEGAL activity and it's called trespassing. PLEASE STOP IT !!!
the best way to see these birds is to view them from the road side of the
fenceline that runs parallel with Capt Cook Hwy, and to do this very early
after sunrise, or after 5:15pm.
more on this later...
thank you,
martin cachard,
solar whisper wildlife cruises,
daintree river.
& trinity beach, cairns.
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From: Birding-Aus <> on behalf of martin
cachard <>
Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:27 PM
To:
Subject: ONE RED-RUMPED SWALLOW with+/-20 Barn Swallows at Lower Daintree FNQ
yesteday
Hello all,
the lone Red-rumped Swallow is still here on the very same wires where I first
found it on Thurs 21/12/17.
I was checking out the site from 5:15pm-6pm yesterday, and it was nice to see
it still there - I was beginning to think that it had moved on elsewhere having
not seen it for about a week.
Evidently, it's been there the whole time, and I had just missed it, and it was
most likely on the wing nearby at the other times this past week that I had
checked for it.
it seems very settled, and I would expect/hope it to stay there with the other
swallows and martins for about another month.
well, hopefully anyway!
from memory, last season the 30+ Barn Swallows departed the Newell Beach site
sometime mid-late Feb, so hopefully a similar departure date may occur again
this season with the Barns, and the Red-rump follows suite.
well, hopefully...??!!
I think it's pretty likely these Barns would be the same individuals as last
season, as regular checks of the 2017 Newell Beach site have still revealed no
Barns at all.
but having said that, now is about the time of January that we got the Barns
arriving at Newell Beach last season, so who knows, maybe there is still more
Barns (& hopefully, more Red-rumps too!!) to arrive in the coming days...
last evening's total swallow count perched on the wires at the site was:
1 Red-rump, adult;
14 Barn, adults, & imms/juvs;
4 Welcome, adults;
2 Tree Martin, adults;
19 Fairy Martin, adults, & juvs.
cheers for now,
martin cachard,
solar whisper wildlife cruises,
daintree river,
& trinity beach, cairns
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