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> From: robert handfield <>
> To: unknown <>
> Subject: WHITE HEADED PIGEON
> Date: Sunday, 14 June 1998 17:57
>
> A white headed pigeon visited our backyard (Hunter ave, St Ives) water
dish
> today and stayed about 10 minutes. This is the third visit (I presume
the
> same bird) in the past three weeks. Prior to this I had only seen a
white
> headed pigeon in this area once in the past five years and that in 1994.
>
> Cheers
>
> Bob Handfield
Hello Robert
White-headed Pigeons have been fairly regular visitors to the St Ives area
for thee past at least seven or eight years . As Alan points out privet
seems to be the main attraction.However, they are also irregular but
consistent diners at my feeder with up to four birds on one occasion.One
was present today ( a female ) .
It was a great day for birds.In or near my garden were :
Rainbow lorikeets, King parrots, Whiteheaded pigeon, Yellowtailed black
cockatoos (4), Rose robin, Crimson rosellas, Redwattle birds, Redbrowed
finches, Lewins honeyeater and a pair of Peewees (a rare bird here) .
A great day for birds.
Reg Clark
Carmen St
St Ives , NSW
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