Mike Tarburton wrote:
>... a Channel-billed Cuckoo... It was clear he was going to Australia, and
>he >was telling the world with quite a lot of calling.
>
>My wife and I have looked all over the campus for Sacred Kingfishers each
>day this week and found two four days ago, one three days ago and none
>yesterday or today. You in Oz have them all coming your way.
Well, I'm not holding my breath for the arrival of Channel-bills, but I did
see my first Sacred Kingfisher for the season on Wednesday this week (29th
Sept) here on the ANU Campus in Canberra. It appeared to be in a bit of a
panic as a result of a seemingly belligerent Red Wattlebird, but the whole
episode flashed past my eyes (literally) in a couple of seconds...
Harvey
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