Night birds in North Cyprus, not the human sort

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
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Message Posted:
20/10/2009 13:06

Can any one tell me what birds move around the ground of a night please in NC, as when it is dark a bird seems to make a two toned cluck, almost a donking noise. This is not a wind up question, but a serious one.



I know you blokes are going to say its 'Molly' from next door etc etc , but this noise is from something like pheasant of partridge, any clues please, ......

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 18:15

Nobody know or hears this bird of a night,? its not a 'Nightjar', could it be a small bird, any answers please,.....

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 18:46

I'm sure I've seen bats at night but could stand corrected. Around twilight, darting all over the sky. No sound though.



Richard

MiketheBike


Joined: 01/04/2009
Posts: 159

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 18:50

Sounds like it could be a Scopps (Little) Owl, I have seen them on the ground at night, but they are usually seen in the trees or on telegraph poles.

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 12:05

Thanks for replys, as you say it could be an owl, it is on the ground and it moves around an area, I might just record the sound when out next.

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 12:52

think there like a partridge type quailey thing dizzy seen loads



because of the noise they make my kids call them bubblehammers dont ask me why

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 12:54

Seen loads of bats at night, ugly things not nice at all

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 13:01

Brinsley should know it's the 'Cyprus Kiwi' - all Poms know a Kiwi is a New Zealand flightless bird about the size of a chook!



How many did you stuff into your carry bag last trip to 'GodZone', Richard?

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 13:03

what does pom actually stand for?

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 13:14

i think they will be quails



there are many around the catalkoy area



not managed to catch one yet



they taste beautiful in a curry



but you do need 6 or 7.



the asians call it batera



i think thats how you speall it

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 13:31

Apparently, when convicts were shipped to Oz, the registration form was headed 'P.O.M.E.' = 'Prisoner of Mother England' - hence, 'Pom' or 'Pommy'.



Others have said that when exposed to the Antipodean sun, an Englishman's face turned the colour of a cut Pomegranite!



In Australia, 'Pom' is a denigrating term, usually coupled with something like 'bar steward' - not so in NZ!



It's strange that the word 'chunder' isn't generally known or used in UK, because those poor souls, chained to the lower deck lee-rail of a 'prison hulk' certainly copped their (un!) fair share of chundering from the upper decks - yuk, oh dear!

dizzycows


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Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 14:01

Thanks for all info, think it could be as cyprusairsoft says, a partridge of kinds, lol xx

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 11:05

'I'm not the pheasant plucker - I'm the pheasant plucker's son - I'm only plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes!'



Try to repeat, repeatedly, under the affluence of inkahol!

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 16:53

good info tenak what i cant understand then is why are they calling us poms when the aussies are really the poms stupid Bas%%%%%

Peeky



Joined: 08/05/2008
Posts: 100

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 19:49

Definitely an owl. I spent a couple of nights trying to find the source of the noise - sounds exactly like the soft bleeping that early car alarms used to make, to let you know that they are active. but I couldn't find any cars in the field I was looking in. 3 seperate Tc's have since told me that an owl is responsible.

dizzycows


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Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
22/10/2009 23:34

Peeky, the sound is sort of 'oink oink' and is in a two toned noise, its not loud but could be an owl, it is a most intreguing as it is aways when dead quite of a night. The locals should know, lol

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 09:26

Sheila whilst bats are a bit spooky they do a lot of good, they fly about and eat all the bugs in the air, just dont get in the path of one

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 09:39

Deffo a Scops Owl - they call to each other with a 'boink' and spend some time on the ground after insects. They're the most delightful little creatures, no bigger than a quail and can often be seen scurrying around in rock crevasses.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
23/10/2009 13:01

Cyprusairsoft/Msg 14:



Take it from a 'Kiwi' - you've got it a bit wrong, mate - Aussies are, in fact, living proof that aborigines rooted kangaroos!



Just not to go 'off thread' - that 'ground bird' could simply be Batman, since Robin jilted him - 'Ah,ah'!