Yes I mean the feathered variety ;D
I know there are a few very interested in this venture (Derek & BigRT) I found this brochure today & I thought it may be of interest.

http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/addfiles/documents/sport/noosa_bird_trail.pdf

Skip [smiley=chris.gif]

So disappointing  :'(

Thanks Skip.  I followed a link on the brochure and there is actually a whole website regarding this.

http://www.noosaparks.org.au/noosabirdtrail/

Hey that is a good link, thanks. I have the Readers Digest Bird book and enjoy reading that. I was showing RT the Elvis Bird that we found in N.T. and RT knew exactly what he was and his proper name too.

I have been doing a bit of bike riding in the Noosa Forest and it is amazing how much bird life there is to be seen when all is quiet. Quite a bit at Granite Bay as well ;)

Skip

skiproosel wrote on Dec 29^th, 2009 at 8:58pm:

I have been doing a bit of bike riding in the Noosa Forest and it is amazing how much bird life there is to be seen when all is quiet. Quite a bit at Granite Bay as well  ;)

Are there still quite a few of those twin breasted species there.  :D

Yep, I looked 'em up and they are Yellow Breasted Sap Suckers :)
Must remember my Camera next time.


Skip [smiley=chris.gif]

I used to fish for jew at Hells Gate many years back and my mates were always fascinated by them.  Used to be a long walk past there.  ;)

Isn't that some of the most beautiful scenery through there!
Got a bit busy now with all the Yuppies in their Gucci slipon's (white ones) making their way through there slurping on a Latte.

Did you used to get many Jew there Derek? & did you need some sort of cliff gaff to haul them up?


Skip

I still have the gaff Skip.  14' rangoon cane with the gaff hook bound to the end.

Back in the 70's it wasn't uncommon to come home with four jew up to 30 lb.  Have fished on and off up there since but they are few and far between these days.

skiproosel wrote on Dec 29^th, 2009 at 9:20pm:

slurping on a Latte

I am rather partial to one of those myself actually  ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Carolyn™ wrote on Dec 29^th, 2009 at 9:26pm:

HmmmmmmmSmiley

Latte Carolyn, not Latino. ;D


Skip [smiley=chris.gif]

Skip your making me blush!!

Carolyn™ wrote on Dec 29^th, 2009 at 9:42pm:

Skip your making me blush!!

::)

:P

Thanks for the links...Skip and Derek

I shall put then to use..

Aart

This is the only bird watching I do, a couple of tawany frogmouth  in my back garden a couple of days ago.

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/jclures/Camping%20and%20Cooking/owls01.jpg

Bonnie wrote on Dec 31^st, 2009 at 10:09am:

This is the only bird watching I do, a couple of tawany frogmouthin my back garden a couple of days ago.

They are so beautiful! I can't wait to go to Booloumba Creek in the new year and see the Wompoo Pigeons. They are so cute!

VicStar wrote on Dec 31^st, 2009 at 6:17pm:

I can't wait to go to Booloumba Creek

Great place up there to camp.  Great for bird watching as well.  I love the bright purple breast on the Wompoo.

Saw my first ever male Paradise Rifle Bird up there displaying on a high branch.

Keep an eye out for the green cat birds.  You will hear them for sure.

Bonnie that is a fab picture you have taken . I reckon that snap would win a prize in a photo competition.



Skip [smiley=chris.gif]

I had a pair of King Parrots visit me yesterday and again this morning. They were very bold and I could almost hand feed them which made me think they had escaped from an aviary. I got pics but can't load them !

pd

poddy dodger wrote on Dec 31^st, 2009 at 6:41pm:

I got pics but can't load them

Email them to me PD if you like and I will put them up.

Bonnie
Love the photos of the Tawny Frogmouths

Saw my first Wompoo at Iron Range on the Cape back in 1984.
It was about that time I first took an interest in the feathered variety.

It is only now that we are reading how many members are keen bird observers.

Great way to waste time

Aart

Where we live we have a lot of wildlife come to visit, including the odd wompoo pigeon and king parrots.
When we go camping I always have my bird book, binoculars and camera, it adds to the camping experience looking at the wildlife I think.

Derek, PD had emailed them to me, but I didn't tweak that he was going to post here.

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Derek

Little_Kopit wrote on Jan 2^nd, 2010 at 10:29am:

Derek, PD had emailed them to me, but I didn't tweak that he was going to post here.

Thanks LK.  I love the king parrots.  This photo was one I took at Jervis Bay a few years ago.  Was taken with a standard lens and the bird basically just ignored me and kept feeding.  I was less than a metre from it.

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At both Queen Mary Falls Caravan park and O'Reilly's guest house the King parrots are in plague numbers.
You only have to stand still and the birds with land on your head or an outstretched hand.

Aart

That is quite astounding! I always thought they were rather shy birds. I have a friend who lives in Kenmore Hills and they often have a pair visit on their property. Sometimes they will fly over to the house gutter to drink any water trapped in there, but as soon as you make a movement they are off again!

We occasionally get a couple of king parrots - might be the ones who visit PD.

We have the usual in oz white cockatoos who try to kill the poor possum, pink and grey galahs and what I call rosellas but I dont think thats the right name and a host of other common birds.  Sparky puts some parrot feed out and they all know when he goes down the back yard thats its snack time.  We have a couple of largish gums that were grown by a neighbour from seed they got in WA and I think there is a lot of natural food on them.

Not many willy wag tails that we had a lot of when I was young.

Last night it was extremely noisy at sunset, since the large tree next door was removed I think all the birds have relocated in our tree and fight with the previous tenants.

I just love those tawny frogmouths and saw one at Sussex Inlet, great photo to get a picture of two.

hi all
merry xmas and happy and prosperous new year
u are talking birds at our back fence the local council planted a lot of native trees on the footpath and the trees attract a lot of diferent varieties of parrots including rossellas, king, and other types of parrots that i dont know what they are called

when my beautiful wife and i camped at coffs harbour last year the local parrots which i think are rossellas where very friendly

en

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en
   look like rainbow lorikeets to me
   could be wrong  :-?
Daryl

69conroy wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 7:51am:

en    look like rainbow lorikeets to me    could be wrong  :-? Daryl

They're Rainbows alright.
The one coming in to land on the hat is caught in mid flight.
Great shot of the under wing colours

Aart

Here is some trivia for you, bird related of course.

About two weeks before Christmas I went and had another adjustment on these new hearing aids of mine.  The next morning early I walked outside to get in the car and was wondering what all the screeching was in the trees around the house.  It was then that I noticed all the rainbow lorikeets.  I thought, you buggers are noisy today but something in the brain hit me and I turned the hearing aids off and there was absolutley no sound from the birds.  Turned them on again and screeching galore.

So there I was standing in the driveway with a huge grin from ear to ear listening to the birds.  Heaven knows how long it has been since my hearing had gone as I originally damaged them in 1976.

But to take it further, for many years now when in the bush I have npticed that the bird dawn chorus just wasn't what it used to be and I put it down to a decline in our feathered friends when actually it was me getting as deaf as a post.  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I am really enjoying the new hearing aids.

thank you all
en

skiproosel wrote on Dec 29^th, 2009 at 8:58pm:

I was showing RT the Elvis Bird that we found in N.T. and RT knew exactly what he was and his proper name too.

I just found the Elvis Bird's Snap, he's a handsome devil isn't he!

Skip [smiley=chris.gif]

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a.k.a.  Nankeen Night Heron
Doesn't have a long neck like most Herons

The uncle Fester of the Heron family

Aart

Yep the good old Nankeen Night Heron.  Find them all over Australia apart from the desert country.

Alright all you knowledgable bird people, we have lotsa Mynahs around where I live and the local council hires out traps which will only trap Indian Mynahs, does anyone know why native Mynahs aren't attracted or are they just smarter ?
While we're on Mynahs does anyone have pics so as I can tell the difference.

pd

Good question PD

I have found a photo on the web of what has been identified as an Indian Myna.
I checked this again the Simpson & Day field guide.
They have a picture..exactly the same and call it a Common Myna.

Neither look like the Mynas that I have in the yard.

I would suggest to catch an Indian Myna would require a red hot curry.
The Aussie Mynas would not be attracted by same.   :D

Aart

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Pd, are you sure it isn't a starling.

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_images/starling_adult1.jpg