picture by Roy Dotter

Bush Stone Curlew burhinus magnirostris 

These birds do not usually migrate, but they do 
move locally in bad weather. They are ground-
living birds and gather their foods - various 
inverterbrates such as beetles and grasshoppers - 
on the ground. Bush curlews breed between 
August and January, making a scrape or small 
clearing on bare ground, generally near a bush or 
tree, or beside a fallen dead limb. They are night 
birds, and call in a mournful, wailing, high pitched 
wee-loo or wer-loo.