Oooh!  That's just NASTY!  Though we think we've worked out what they all were.
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 20/02/2012, at 11:52 PM, Helen Larson wrote:
> So today we saw 12 CBCs, 2 HFBs, 1 YSHE, 3 WBCSs, 7 WBWSs and masses of 
> TIPs....
> Helen
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 20/02/2012, at 5:57 PM, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
> 
>> Perhaps it is the role of the list owner to add a bit of mystery to 
>> proceedings  :)
>> 
>> LK
>> 
>> On 20/02/2012, at 5:23 PM, Helen Larson wrote:
>> 
>>> SFW HBC?
>>> SFW = southern fresh waters? HBC is a bank? no they are birds.....
>>> Please use bird names in full so we don't get even more puzzled than usual 
>>> - thanks!
>>> 
>>> <')/////==<
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Russ <>
>>> To: Birding Aus <>
>>> Sent: Sunday, 19 February 2012, 22:18
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] SFW feeding HBC
>>> 
>>> Hi all
>>> 
>>> I'm still settling into a new job and haven't had much time for birding
>>> lately, but occasionally the birds just find you, don't they? As I arrived
>>> home yesterday there was a female (or brown) Superb Fairy-Wren on the fence
>>> right in front of the car - and I did a double-take because it was feeding
>>> a BIGGER bird - a young Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo. I've seen a few species
>>> (mostly Thornbills) feeding Bronze-Cuckoos over the years, but I can't
>>> recall seeing a fairy-Wren do it, although I think they're a standard
>>> target species for these cuckoos. Is it a bit late for this sort of thing?
>>> I know FWs breed through until about February here, but I was under the
>>> impression that cuckoos breed mainly in spring and early summer. Has anyone
>>> else noticed cuckoos breeding this late into the summer before?
>>> 
>>> Russell Woodford
>>> Geelong
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