Menura novaehollandiae

3 Superb Lyrebird at Isaacs, ACT

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Identification history

Menura novaehollandiae	28 Jul 2023	Liam.m
Corcorax melanorhamphos	28 Jul 2023	CarbonAI
Menura novaehollandiae	28 Jul 2023	Rabbits2014

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Poor Iphone images. It was scratching in the leaf litter on the opposite side of the drainage ditch next to the track.

7 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

28 Jul 2023

Very, very unusual location. Seem to recall someone posting something on social media not so long ago of one in a suburban backyard somewhere in Canberra, I think Farrer?

Mike wrote:

28 Jul 2023

As Location Moderator for Isaacs, I was surprised to get a notification of this unusual sighting. Let's hope he can attract a mate, or at least avoid the local cats before moving on.

HelenCross wrote:

29 Jul 2023

I wonder how they get to these inner suburbs!?

MatthewFrawley wrote:

29 Jul 2023

When the Farrer sighting was listed on social media, I remember commenting that the closest I'd seen (heard) them was at Kambah Pool, I think on the other side of the Murrumbidgee, and in a straight line that is about 8.5km away, with this sighting being around 10.5km from there.

Mike wrote:

29 Jul 2023

Connecting Nature, Connecting People is an ACT Government initiative to support the movement of species - ecological connectivity - but this bird seems ahead of the game.

natureguy wrote:

29 Jul 2023

They are also in Kowen Forest (presumably resident since the habitat is suitable and they are regularly recorded in there). So given multiple populations around it's bound to happen occasionally that one gets a bit off track. They also don't mind drier woodland in some places, so not totally unheard of, but definitely a great and unusual record

HelenCross wrote:

10 Aug 2023

One's been videoed in Mawson now: https://m.facebook.com/groups/245705082717132/permalink/1311310196156610/?mibextid=Nif5oz

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