tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post8907669257706547183..comments2023-11-12T21:16:10.098+11:00Comments on Birds in Tasmania: Free Feed Pierson's PointBirdingTashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-6089403858393256422010-08-23T08:20:16.364+10:002010-08-23T08:20:16.364+10:00Hi Penny,
Interesting that you mention the 40...Hi Penny,<br /> Interesting that you mention the 40spots becoming "cryptic". Neither the Striated or Spotted Pardalotes 'suffer' the same inhibitions! The incessant calls of the striated in particular can be heard far and wide. If you spend anytime in a spot where they're calling, the 2 note call can wear very thin. I should also mention that I wrote this blog early in August (it's dated the 8th) but didn't get round to publishing it until recently, so the observations belong in early August. Thanks for your comments.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-44267313477892142062010-08-23T08:11:49.737+10:002010-08-23T08:11:49.737+10:00Hi John,
You're quite correct about sight...Hi John,<br /> You're quite correct about sightings--they are where they are! Over the years I've found Goat Bluff as good as anywhere, but during the dry years they 'disappeared'. Since the rains of last winter/spring, they've returned in small numbers. I suspect the spread of suburbia, together with pets, especially cats, has influenced numbers too.BirdingTashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341646998037894004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-24599255048179196412010-08-21T20:44:04.985+10:002010-08-21T20:44:04.985+10:00Hi Alan,
on my last visit to the reserve I counted...Hi Alan,<br />on my last visit to the reserve I counted a flock of ten Swift Parrots feeding and then sleeping briefly in the flowering blue gums on the edge of the grassed area. The Forty-Spotted Pardalotes have become very cryptic in their activities since the return of the Striated pardalotes.Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783751.post-57426596974613907552010-08-20T21:59:53.941+10:002010-08-20T21:59:53.941+10:00Hi Alan,
Great to see so many quail all together! ...Hi Alan,<br />Great to see so many quail all together! They're an elusive species I'm often asked where to find in Tassie. Sadly, we only ever seem to 'stumble across them'. It's very hard to have anywhere to direct people with any degree at all of finding them.John Tonguenoreply@blogger.com