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Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)

To: Paul Dodd <>
Subject: Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
From: James Mustafa <>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:54:18 +1000
I know they're regularly seen in the botanical gardens. Very common in
there now.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Paul Dodd <> wrote:

> I see them reasonably frequently in South Melbourne (Dorcas St, Moray St
> and
> Bank St) too. I would be surprised if they weren't in Docklands, Albert
> Park, Middle Park, Albert Park Lake and even in the Royal Botanical Gardens
> also.
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
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>    Hi Peter
>    We've been seeing them on and off around Port Melbourne for a few years
>    now.  So I wouldn't be surprised if they are coming through Docklands
>    as well.
>    Janine
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>    [5]Peter Shute
>    Monday, 15 September 2014 9:58 AM
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>    Last week I heard a Pied Currawong calling near the casuarina
>    plantation in Navigation Drive in Docklands, and just now one landed on
>    the roof of the builidng opposite where I work.
>    I submitted a Birdline for last week's bird, but it was rejected on the
>    grounds that PC sightings around the CBD are common now. Fair enough,
>    especially as they've been regularly seen around the zoo for years now,
>    but it was my first sighting of them in Docklands that I've had in the
>    6 years since we moved here.
>    I'm wondering if this is just part of a general spreading of their
>    range, or a sign that the trees in Docklands, most of which are less
>    than 10 years old, are maturing to the point that they are now
>    attractive to them. Or possibly just that residents are now feeding
>    them. Have others seen them in Docklands before?
>    Peter Shute
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