Hi Jenny,
It is interesting that you raise the issue about the apparent increase in
reports of Spangled Drongos this year. I am presently writing an item for
my blog on the species as this year seems to be a bumper year with over 10
in our backyard for a few days, including begging juveniles, and at least
two still hanging around. At Glenugie, near Grafton, we had a flock of 25+
moving through but this is likely to be an underestimate as the birds were
flying back and forth and were hard to accurately count. During the past
few weeks I have seen Drongos on most days and at various locations. Other
locals have reported good numbers moving through as well. So in answer to
your question the Clarence Valley has good numbers of the species at
present, which would appear to be greater than is usual.
Regards
Greg
Dr Greg. P. Clancy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jenny Stiles
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 8:37 AM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Spangled Drongo in Sydney this season
Hi List,
Normally when Spangled Drongo are passing through Sydney I make an extra
effort to go to likely patches of bush and usually manage 1 or 2 sightings.
This year however I have seen 19 Spangled Drongo [some of which may be
repeat sightings of the same bird on consecutive days], all at Galaringi
Reserve, Carlingford [10] and Sydney Olympic Park [9]. I have also seen many
more reports on Birdline than I recall from other years.
Is Sydney seeing an unexpected influx of Spangled Drongo this year? If so
are there more about this year or is somewhere else missing their usual
Spangled Drongos?
From Jenny Stiles
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