From Bulletin 9 of 2020
A number of people have reported seeing Brush-turkeys (Alectura lathami) around Glebe. It turns out that quite a few have made this area their home, including building lovely mounds for incubating their eggs.
As long ago as 2016, members of the Society have reported seeing the Brush-turkey
(https://www.glebesociety.org.au/news-from-the-blue-wrens-subcommittee-november-2016/).
A good way to record your sighting is in the app called Brush-turkeys – Birds in Suburbia. Recorded on the app are sightings around Johnstons Creek, Cook St, Bellevue St., Westmoreland St, Mt Vernon St and St Johns Rd. There have been quite a few sightings around Wigram Rd, Booth St and Upper Rd as well. Photos can be uploaded to the app, as well as the location of the sighting.
If you have a photo of a Brush-turkey in Glebe or Forest Lodge and would like to share it in the Bulletin, please email it to editor@glebesociety.org.au.
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Yes, this morning today! I saw it just beyond the Nag’s Head on the right side towards Glebe Pt Rd. It walked along the footpath and moved into a front yard. It looks just like the photo in your article.
Your post, apart from confirming I’m not quite delusional yet, has corrected my terminology. I thought it was a bush turkey, after a friend from my own pecking ground at Baulkham Hills showed one and we agreed it was a bush…That was a big part of the surprise as the part of Baulko had lots of forest nearby, but not really in Forest Lodge.