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Noisy Pitta
Posted: 10 Mar 2011, 22:26
by craigvdl
A landscaper mate called me today from a job in Vaucluse (which for those of you who don't know is one of the most exclusive eastern suburbs of Sydney). Tells me he's found a baby bird on the road which he thinks is a kingfisher and doesn't know what to do with it. He then sent me the pictures below. Stunning.
Noisy Pitta 1.jpg
Noisy Pitta 2.jpg
Not much to say really. Who would have thought this would pop up in a densely populated, manicured suburb of Sydney?
Byt the way, he released it into some nearby heath woodland. Had to laugh when he said it wasn't keen on staying in a tree and kept running along the ground....
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 10 Mar 2011, 22:33
by SamDavis
Very cool. Would never have thought they'd be in suburbia.
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 07:09
by Jayburd
wow! anyone mind if I report the sighting and relay the pics to my ornithological group?
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 07:15
by craigvdl
Jayburd wrote: wow! anyone mind if I report the sighting and relay the pics to my ornithological group?
Fine by me JB. Will be fascinated to see what the Vaucluse residents do when a bunch of twitchers descend on them. Could be very amusing.
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 07:36
by Tintola
He what?????? Released it??? No!!! 
Some of we softbill nerds would have killed for it, actually give me his address and I will think of a suitable punishment befitting the crime!
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 08:10
by craigvdl
Tintola wrote:He what?????? Released it??? No!!!
Some of we softbill nerds would have killed for it, actually give me his address and I will think of a suitable punishment befitting the crime!
Hey T, being a softbill nut myself the temptation was great, but the head prevailed. The thought of explaining this as a mutation pekin robin or the unusual progeny of a pair of splendid wrens was not particularly appealing.....
Does anyone actually keep them?
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 08:21
by Jayburd
Yeah Harry Car does there was an article in the latest Aviary Life mag on noisy pittas.
thanks ;)
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 08:51
by Tintola
Harry has bred 2 or 3 clutches this year each having 4 young. Most ended up in zoos or with other aviculturalists.
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 09:16
by Jayburd
lucky people who got them
Re: Noisy Pitta
Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 17:04
by iaos
Not the first sighting for suburban Sydney, i know of one that turned a couple of years ago. Apparently they are migrating south (i think there is a population near Wollongong) at this time of year.