Light Trap tent: 1.5x1.5x1.2 mosquito tent
Lights: 4xUV fluro lights, 2 x Gecko UV lights, 2x disco black lights
Light Trapping
Tent: White mosquito net 2mm mesh size
Lights: Gecko UV LED bulbs x 3
A pair of bush stone-curlews has occupied this site while my aunt and uncle built their house around them over the last three years. This season they've had one chick already but must have lost it, so they've relaid, under the house, which is one of their regular roost spots. They growl when approached closely but are otherwise unphased by the normal human activity of a garden.
I’ve played around with the settings on my phone to produce this new image with better contrast which will hopefully help with the ID of this bird in the rainforest where there were calls of catbirds in the vicinity
About 25mm long