tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post7699723908277324126..comments2023-11-12T21:16:10.098+11:00Comments on Birds in Tasmania: Truganini Reserve & Swift ParrotsBirdingTashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-11515069460924608852011-04-01T20:55:02.004+11:002011-04-01T20:55:02.004+11:00If anyone is interested I have produced a DVD on T...If anyone is interested I have produced a DVD on The Swift Parrots of Muckleford, near Castlemaine in Victoria. There is some footage of the swifties, sometimes up to 100 birds feeding on the ground. Love the photo's.Debbie Worlandhttp://www.swiftparrotsofmuckleforddvd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-32134426032262798992008-09-02T10:07:00.000+10:002008-09-02T10:07:00.000+10:00Hi Mick & Penny, Thanks for your comments. ...Hi Mick & Penny,<BR/> Thanks for your comments. I always start at the bottom of this reserve, and walk (plod) my way up, until I've had enough! At least then it's all down hill. There's a good variety of habitats in this reserve, and with it, a good range of bird species, however, I must confess to never having walked the entire track in either direction.<BR/> I do lament the standard of electronic gear these days. The external hard drive is only a few months old, but I recently installed a brand new modem/router for someone, only to find it was faulty. That along with DVD recorders, set top boxes, internal hard drives and my own router, which have all failed before their time, makes backing up data/images in less than 2 media, a risky business it seems.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-88732709889724087232008-09-02T09:28:00.000+10:002008-09-02T09:28:00.000+10:00Thanks for the tips on how to approach this Reserv...Thanks for the tips on how to approach this Reserve. I recently did the round trip walk (climb) from the Mt Nelson end. Whilst there was lots of bird activity within the first several hundred metres of the signal station, things were fairly quiet until I climbed down into the gully at the <BR/>Taroona end. Frankly all thoughts of enjoyable bird watching had gone with the thought of having to lug myself & camera gear up the hill again.<BR/>One thing I did manage to note as I walked through the bottom end of the reserve was the prolonged calling of a Tawny Frogmouth, which made me wonder what was their purpose of calling in the day time - territorial, or advertising for a mate?<BR/>Commiserations on your brush with the dark side of modern technology.I have been advised that hard drives (computer or external), shouldn't be trusted after 5 years - I have had 2 die within the first week of purchase. Most of my photos are record shots consigned to ext.harddrive & CD, but any stand out image (very few) I try to keep 4 to 5 seperate copies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-45647702326950846482008-09-01T15:03:00.000+10:002008-09-01T15:03:00.000+10:00Again - great photos. I enjoyed your description o...Again - great photos. I enjoyed your description of finding the parrots too. Re the computer - I had similar problems with an external hard drive. Fortunately I had backed up my photos to DVD but not all my document files :-(mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230845410313320080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-1850975142790439622008-09-01T14:36:00.000+10:002008-09-01T14:36:00.000+10:00Thanks Mosura. The truth is that they were on an e...Thanks Mosura. The truth is that they were on an external hard drive,(one of 3) that I thought was the best way to back them up. The drive became corrupted and denied me access. I downloaded a programme that got them back, but it took 18hours straight! I was able to sleep while it worked away. I'm now backing them up further with DVDs. Oh! the joys of computing.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-2918080298071615552008-09-01T14:09:00.000+10:002008-09-01T14:09:00.000+10:00Another nice set of photos. Better get them all on...Another nice set of photos. Better get them all onto a dvd while you can :-)Mosurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786494432479216149noreply@blogger.com