Quite right. Bush Stone Curlews RE Note 877 on birds at East Alligator, JE. ntbirds@yahoogrou ps.com To 31/03/06 18:40 ntbirds@yahoogroups.com cc ...
jestbergs@...
Apr 2, 2006 5:58 am
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Thanks to Niven's excellent teaching last weekend we saw a male white breasted whistler this afternoon at around 17:00 in the mangroves between Nightcliff and...
This morning I saw the owl on a branch near the nesting tree preening and heard it calling about six times near the nesting tree in that low double hoot call...
About 25 Yellow Wagtail at the sewage farm yesterday, almost all in full breeding plumage, and all subspecies simillina as far as I could tell. Fabulous in the...
stephen garnett
Stephen.Garnett@...
Apr 10, 2006 3:27 am
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We saw the first of the WB Woodswallows outside our Jingili house this morning - about 5-6 of them, but they're not there now (late afternoon). So it must be...
Hi Niven, I have just realised that I seem to have received very few ntbirds postings recently. Has it been very quiet? Actually flying to Darwin tonight and...
Barry McLean
bmclean@...
Apr 12, 2006 3:02 am
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Hi All, visited the lagoon again yesterday and water level is up past the picnic bench in the Lily lane car park, which is good for the lagoon, highest since...
Do we have lower tides now for a while? Red-capped Plover with two eggs laid just above the high tide mark at Lee Point this morning., and many more fluttering...
stephen garnett
Stephen.Garnett@...
Apr 13, 2006 12:28 am
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... From: stephen garnett To: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:58 AM Subject: RE: [ntbirds] McMinns lagoon Do we have lower tides now...
Penny and I visited the Lee Point wader area this morning to check if all the waders had left - found 20 red knots with two in breeding plumage. Lots of terns...
I don't know if this is unusual but I saw a nankeen night heron at the Leanyer sewerage works last night. It's the first one I've ever seen there. The bird was...
Sally and I capped off a spectacular day by viewing Stephen's 25+ yellow wagtails- which are still in residence at the sewage ponds.The visit was made more...
There were more than 200 waders, including several red knot in breeding plumage, between Buffalo Creek and Lee Point on Friday evening. As the tide pushed the...
Hi all, just back from Kakadu Butterfly trip with Don Franklin and Max mace. Nice lot recorded Our first nights camp along Shady Camp road rewarded us with...
Pair of barking Owls in Bush/Park area below Bremer/Lovegrove Streets, Ludmilla over last week or so. Black Butcherbirds (at least two) very vocal and...
Yes, woodswallows coming back. there were about 6 flying over Hibiscus shops at dusk on 1 April and 5 April, but I don't think the big flocks have arrived yet....
Richard Noske
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Apr 17, 2006 9:52 pm
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Dear Fiona the pair of Barking owls in the Botanic Gardens have the same repertoire and I would also like to know which one calls low and which one high...
From: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ntbirds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of matt gillis Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2006 5:20 PM To: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com ...
Heather Moorcroft
Heather.Moorcroft@...
Apr 18, 2006 4:46 am
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We saw at least 3 swifts over the beach at Fannie Bay, nr Lake Alexander, at dusk over Easter (Sunday I think). Barry and Roberta McLean PO Box 66, Violet...
Barry McLean
bmclean@...
Apr 19, 2006 6:27 am
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Howdy, Since no one else has responded to the query about the Barking Owl duets, here's what the Handbook of Australia New Zealand and Antarctic Birds has to...
Don Franklin & Christ...
eucalypt@...
Apr 19, 2006 10:09 am
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... <eucalypt@...> wrote: Thanks Don - I checked the owl pages online but the description only said sharper and shorter and left out "higher" so wasn't as...
Hi All, forgot to mention on my list over Easter, that we saw a Common Greenshank on the Marraraki Track at the 15km mark at that first flood plain. Was...
At Leanyer ponds on Friday arvo - 7 Yellow Wagtails in near full breeding plumage; about 50 White-winged Black Terns looking very smart in their breeding...
One Zebra Finch at Durack Palmerston, late afternoon Mon 24 Apr. Photo attached Max and Heather...
Max Mace
budji@...
Apr 24, 2006 11:16 pm
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Probably travelling around Australia by winter southerlies and cyclones ... From: Max Mace To: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:44 AM ...
In Brinkin one day saw a pair "bright white small birds", which I figured from their tear stripe were actually albino zebras. Had to get up very close to...
This is a significant record as there are only a handful of Sooty Tern records for the Darwin area. Wonder if the recent weather has caused this and if there...