hey it's my fave call too!!! cheers martin
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> CC:
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:08:50 +0000
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> Yes, Grey Butcherbird, Martin, thanks. Of course I blame the local Pied
> Currawong for the error of my ways. Pity really, Pied Butcherbird, and their
> wonderful call, is one of my favorite Australian birds. Their call, for me,
> is number one!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
> ________________________________________
> From: martin cachard
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 2:52 PM
> To: Tim Dolby; Peter Shute; 'James Mustafa'; Paul Dodd
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
>
> hey Tim,
> really, a Pied Butcherbird in Northcote??
> I'm sure you meant to type "Grey"!!
>
> cheers :-))
>
> martin cachard.
> cairns
>
>
>
> > From:
> > To: ; ;
> > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 04:20:47 +0000
> > CC:
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
> >
> > 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: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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-----
> > > From: Birding-Aus
> > > 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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> > > [5]Peter Shute
> > > Monday, 15 September 2014 9:58 AM
> > >
> > > 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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