Actually Pete - in terms of inner urban Melbourne - your observation isn't all
that obvious. At this stage Pied Currawong are mainly limited to the eastern
and northern suburbs of inner Melbourne, with the Docklands basically
representing the dividing point of their Melbourne range. There are found in
the west, at places such as Newport Lakes Park etc., but at this stage there
not all that common (yet).
By contrast though, where I live in Northcote, Pied Currawong is now a daily
backyard birds. This, along with other 'native' species such as Little Raven,
Australian Magpie, Pied Butcherbird, Noisy Miner, Crested Pigeon, Galah, Silver
Gull, Welcome Swallow, Magpie Lark, Willie Wagtail, Red and Little Wattlebird,
Red-rumped Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet and, occasionally, Brown Thornbill, Spotted
Pardalote, Musk, Little and Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Little Corella,
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Pacific Black Duck (overhead), Australian Darter
(high overhead), Peregrine, Australian Hobby and Tawny Frogmouth (had one in
the garden last week). I even saw a Swift Parrot (next door at the pool) a few
months ago. Not bad! Also had a Marbled Gecko in the garden a few days ago -
you often hear them barking at night. In terms of native mammals I get
Brushtail and Ringtail Possum, and Grey-headed Flying Fox. (I call them the
"Northcote Big Three" when going for a walk at night :-) Northcote's version of
the Serengeti "Big Five".)
This is a far cry from the days (and it wasn't that long ago) when the only
urban birds you'd see in places like Northcote or Brunswick were House Sparrow,
European Starling, Spotted and Rock Dove, Common Myna and Eurasian Blackbird.
For fun, sometimes, I walk out into my backyard and see how many native species
I can see before I see an introduced species. I think my best is 7.
Cheers,
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Peter Shute
Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 12:50 PM
To: 'James Mustafa'; Paul Dodd
Cc:
Subject: Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
Thanks everyone, it's sounds like it's surprising I haven't seen one here
before. It just came back a second time, so it looks like it might be a regular
now.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Mustafa
> Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 11:54 AM
> To: Paul Dodd
> Cc: Janine Duffy; Peter Shute;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of
> Janine Duffy
> Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 10:20 AM
> To: Peter Shute;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands
> (Melbourne)
>
> 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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> 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?
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