I rember hearing on the radio that average temperatures in Austrlia already
went up
approximately 1 degree just this year?
Regards, Simon Muirhead
Quoting michael hunter <>:
> Mulgoa Valley is sodden Alistair, most of the pre-drought suite
> of
> sightings are back, visible during sunny patches but not quite up to
> the
> routine fifty plus on any outing any day. GOLDEN-HEADED CISTICOLAS
> back
> after six years, now we have grass, two long-tailed dark-eyed
> VARIEGATED
> FAIRY-WREN females with their characteristic call popped up in
> response to
> "air-kissing", DUSKY WOOD-SWALLOWS on high dead branches, with
> DOLLARBIRDS,
> and RAINBOW BEE-EATERS also on the wires, OLIVE-BACKED ORIOLES,
> WHITE-THROATED TREECREEPER, VARIED SITELLAS, notable this morning,
> among
> many others. A couple of TREE MARTINS but no Fairy Martins as yet,
> they turn
> up and nest under our verandah in wet years, but this has been too
> wet, the
> mud is all under water.
> Also a high-pitched "see-see" from ground-level on the steep
> slope
> north of Mayfair Rd which has heavy regrowth , possibly SPOTTED
> QUAIL-THRUSH.
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael
>
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