Hi all Saw what appeared to be a black colour mutation of a Little Corella at Nhulunbuy this weekend. Distinct Blue around eye, some white but minimal, black...
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Don Franklin & Christ...
eucalypt@...
Dec 2, 2002 8:07 am
it was a White-winted Triller Don Don Franklin & Christine Maas PO Box 987, Nightcliff, NT 0814, Australia Residential: 10/6 Grevillea Circ., Nightcliff ...
A little off topic, but for those interested in asian birds, check this website: http://www.indiabirds.com/obc/ Hosted by the Oriental Bird Club. 1,000 of the...
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Heather Ryan & Max Mace
budji@...
Dec 2, 2002 12:53 pm
BlankHi All Has anyone seen bar breasted honeyeaters nesting? If so which plant species are they nesting in, where (eg over water, over land, urban) & what...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Dec 3, 2002 1:07 am
I suspect that there are at least 6 pairs of WW Trillers nesting in the little paperbarks around the floodplain at Coomalie Farm (and probably Marrakai-...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Dec 3, 2002 1:10 am
... From: Env Centre NT - Coordinators [mailto:ecnt@...] Sent: Monday, 2 December 2002 17:01 Subject: wickham point action alert hello friends, as you...
Hi all my rather insignificant contribution to the nesting frenzy is a Dollarbird with a nest in a eucalypt at Wagaman School. And about 20+ Yellow Wags at the...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Dec 3, 2002 9:54 am
BY THE WAY - did the $birds take food to nest? Hear young? ... From: Niven [mailto:nivenmccrie@...] Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 19:14 To:...
In Nightcliff - 1993 - a single Yellow-eyed Imperial Pigeon [Ducula concinna] was present for several weeks. I wondered if there had been any subsequent...
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Heather Ryan & Max Mace
budji@...
Dec 3, 2002 10:47 am
Speaking of Torries. We have a Torrie that has started to come in every day to feed on banana and sugar water with the figbirds, orioles (yellow and olive) and...
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Potts, Roger
Roger.Potts@...
Dec 3, 2002 6:53 pm
Hi All,
Contirbutions to the annual creation cycle from the Tanami.
Black Breasted Buzzard - sitting on nest.
This pair have breed in the same location for 3...
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Leseberg, Nicholas FL...
Nicholas.Leseberg@...
Dec 4, 2002 2:12 am
G'day all As far as I can see, I'm the only person on the list from down Katherine way, so hopefully will be able to keep everyone updated on this neck of the ...
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Potts, Roger
Roger.Potts@...
Dec 4, 2002 5:15 am
G'day all
Fork-tailed swifts are a much better indicator of the weather changes than the old 'ache in the hip' method.
On cue, they have turned up here in...
The ref is: Wright, A.J; Jaensch, R; Woinarski, J & Soulos, P (1995), First Sighting of the Elegant Imperial-Pigeon Ducula coracinna in Australia, Aust Bird...
Over the weekend we've had fork tail swifts turn up in large numbers in the afternoons usually after the storm fronts move through. I don't remember seeing...
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Robert Read
rread@...
Dec 9, 2002 1:01 pm
Saturday the 7th there were 20+ Freckled Duck on the Alice Springs Sewage Ponds. This is the greatest number I have seen at one time. Also some Plumed...
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Maria Bellio
Maria.Bellio@...
Dec 9, 2002 10:34 pm
Robert, thank you very much for this information. I'll keep you informed about the paper and if you are interested I will forward to you a copy for ...
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Potts, Roger
Roger.Potts@...
Dec 10, 2002 5:06 am
Hi all,
Got out of the office and lo and behold found 1 Freckled Duck. This is a first for this region.
Another first is a Cattle Egret in breeding plumage....
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Maria Bellio
Maria.Bellio@...
Dec 10, 2002 6:19 am
Roger this is great!, can you give some more details about the location? If you like. HAve you read my previous mails about Freckled ducks? Thanks Maria ... Hi...
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jestbergs@...
Dec 11, 2002 1:25 am
Katherine township. 10th December. Dollar Bird Sitting. My second only breeding record for Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike in the TOP END. The other was many years...
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Don Franklin & Christ...
eucalypt@...
Dec 11, 2002 9:39 am
Fifty or so, hawking, junction Stuart Hwy and Temple Tce near Palmerston, this morning. There was at least one swift in the area as well, but it was too far...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Dec 11, 2002 9:41 am
Hi Johnny Viele Größe aus Deutchland wo es ist sehr kalt (minus 12 last night). Was it DOLLARBIRD or BFCS nesting in Katherine? I have a BFCS breeding record...
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jestbergs@...
Dec 11, 2002 10:42 pm
Both, one sitting in hollow = Dollar bird. RE Black- faced Cuckoo shrike..... That is an interesting question you pose, I have not paid due attention to...
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Heather Ryan & Max Mace
budji@...
Dec 12, 2002 1:02 pm
Hope you took heaps of woolies. Deb (Humpty Doo) has 2 Dollarbirds returned to her property this week and frequenting the same tree they did last year. Have...
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Heather Ryan & Max Mace
budji@...
Dec 13, 2002 11:29 am
BlankWishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday and all the best birding for the New Year. Cheers Heather & Max...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Dec 14, 2002 12:13 pm
Greetings from freezing Göttingen, a small university town in western germany. Actually temps have gone up ... meaning now about minus 5 instead of minus 12! ...
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Baker, Bryan
Bryan.Baker@...
Dec 16, 2002 10:59 pm
Darwin River dam catchment area (nov 25 - dec 4): 1. Hobby's with 2 young (fledglings/immatures?) still hanging around nest, which was in an electricity pylon ...
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Potts, Roger
Roger.Potts@...
Dec 16, 2002 11:08 pm
Bush hen is a good obs.
Cheers
Pottsie
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Maria Bellio
Maria.Bellio@...
Dec 16, 2002 11:59 pm
Hi All, managed to go to Mc Minn Lagoon after work yesterday. The water is back and some changes are occuring. One thing that I found very interesting is that...
Hi all have just returned from a daytrip to Litchfield, with a not surprisingly small bird list. Best birds were Swifts all over the place, with one Oriental...
