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Re: birding-aus Marked increases - Fairy Wrens !

To: Russell <>
Subject: Re: birding-aus Marked increases - Fairy Wrens !
From: Penny Drake-Brockman <>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:22:44 +1100
>John Gamblin wrote:
>>
>> A very quick message to all but we have a very marked
>> increase in numbers of the Willie Wagtail in the
>> township of Hastings and on the Mornington Peninsula
>> in general, and boy are they singing.
>>
>> What a dawn chorus this morn.
>>
>> John A. Gamblin
>>
>This is interesting because I have also noticed a similar increase in
>Willie Wagtail numbers in my home area at Hurstville in suburban Sydney.
>There has also been a noticeable increase in peewee numbers as well.
>Perhaps it is just a coincidence but I perceive that there are less cats
>around now than when I moved here 16 years ago. Unfortunately, superb
>fairywren numbers have crashed during that period and have not
>recovered.
>
>Graham Fry



To add to the above, fairy wrens have crashed in Darlington and around
Sydney Uni campus due to overkeen clearing of undergrowth and the rise in
the number of currawongs that now nest successfully throughout this area of
South Sydney.

Penny

Penny Drake-Brockman, Examination Recitals Co-ordinator, Sydney
Conservatorium of Music.
Tel: 02 9351 1254.
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