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The Most Productive Non-Native Habitats in Aus

To: Kai <>, "" <>
Subject: The Most Productive Non-Native Habitats in Aus
From: Jeremy O'Wheel <>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 02:21:54 +0000
Off the top of my head, without looking at any lists, I think Botanical
Gardens can be very good.  Obviously most have native plants too, but even
in areas of completely introduced plants you can get better bird life than
the surrounding areas.

Jeremy

On Thu, 6 Aug 2015 at 12:09 Kai <> wrote:

> I'd be interested to hear from Aussie birders as to what non-native habitat
> is, in your observations, the most diverse in its birdlife. ~Kai
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> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> > It was the plantations in the upper Ovens Valley arount Bright that I was
> > thinking of when I made the same comment earlier. As others have said,
> it's
> > likely to be the density of the plantations that makes them unsuitable
> for
> > bird life. I once read a comment here that Spotted Quail-thrush can be
> > found in the thinned plantations, but I've never managed to see any.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Birding-Aus
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> > > Steve Painter
> > > Sent: Thursday, 6 August 2015 8:56 AM
> > > To: 
> > > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Emus and pines
> > >
> > > My experience with pines in the Chiltern area, where I spent
> > > my childhood and teenage years, is that they are completely silent.
> > > Fortunately there are not many pines in the Chiltern area,
> > > mainly around the Barambogie reservoir. I've had similar
> > > experiences in pines in the Bundanoon area of the NSW
> > > Southern Highlands.
> > >
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