[Birding-Aus] Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

[Jan England]

I arrived home this afternoon from Melbourne to find a dead Rose-crowned Fruit-dove in my garden. It had crashed into my bedroom window (where the blinds were closed) but in the process of hitting the window it had broken a wing and both its top and bottom mandibles were smashed. Not only that, it left a complete white powdery outline of its body with the wings outstretched on the window. It must have been flying at a very fast rate. Maybe the local goshawk was chasing it! They often call from just across from my house and a sad ending for such a beautiful bird.

Jan
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[L&L Knight]

It is certainly interesting the sort of birds that you discover are
periodically in your neighbourhood. My near-neighbour in the southern
suburbs of Brisbane, Rob Dougherty, had a Noisy Pitta toss in its
marbles on one of his windows last week. We live at the base of a
hill covered with dry sclerophyll which is normally good for the odd
Whipbird, Goshawk, Boobook, Frogmouth etc., but it's hardly the sort
of environment you'd expect to find a Pitta in and there is no
corridor linking it to the rainforest in Brisbane Forest Park.
Perhaps it was heading south towards the McPherson Range ...

On 16/05/2008, at 9:28 PM, Jan England wrote:

> I arrived home this afternoon from Melbourne to find a dead Rose-
> crowned Fruit-dove in my garden. It had crashed into my bedroom
> window (where the blinds were closed) but in the process of hitting
> the window it had broken a wing and both its top and bottom
> mandibles were smashed. Not only that, it left a complete white
> powdery outline of its body with the wings outstretched on the
> window. It must have been flying at a very fast rate. Maybe the
> local goshawk was chasing it! They often call from just across from
> my house and a sad ending for such a beautiful bird.
>
> Jan
> www.birding-aus.org
> birding-aus.blogspot.com

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[peter crow]

Noisy Pittta are not uncommon in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane.
they have been sighted in gardens at Carindale and along Bulimba
Creek.Thisis the firwst one I've heard of hitting a window.

On 17/05/2008, at 10:12 PM, L&L Knight wrote:

> It is certainly interesting the sort of birds that you discover are
> periodically in your neighbourhood. My near-neighbour in the
> southern suburbs of Brisbane, Rob Dougherty, had a Noisy Pitta toss
> in its marbles on one of his windows last week. We live at the
> base of a hill covered with dry sclerophyll which is normally good
> for the odd Whipbird, Goshawk, Boobook, Frogmouth etc., but it's
> hardly the sort of environment you'd expect to find a Pitta in and
> there is no corridor linking it to the rainforest in Brisbane
> Forest Park. Perhaps it was heading south towards the McPherson
> Range ...
>
>

[Greg & Val Clancy]

Hi Laurie,

Noisy Pittas are autumn-winter migrants to the coastal lowlands of the NSW
north coast, and presumably Queensland, so Pittas turning up in unusual
places at this time of the year would be expected. A bird loving friend of
mine had a brother with a cat who lived at Yamba, NSW. The cat managed to
kill three Pittas in his brother's backyard within a few days before the cat
was 'dealt with'.

Greg Clancy

----- Original Message -----
From: "L&L Knight" <l.kn...@optusnet.com.au>
To: "birding-aus" <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Window Strikes

> It is certainly interesting the sort of birds that you discover are
> periodically in your neighbourhood. My near-neighbour in the southern
> suburbs of Brisbane, Rob Dougherty, had a Noisy Pitta toss in its marbles
> on one of his windows last week.

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[Jan England]

Sorry the dead bird was at my home in Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast hinterland Qld.

Jan

[Greg & Val Clancy]

Did you freeze it for the museum? Always good to make some use of these
casualties.

Greg Clancy

----- Original Message -----
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To: "birding-aus" <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

Sorry the dead bird was at my home in Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast hinterland
Qld.

Jan
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