Depends on the weeds. I’ve not recorded much in dense Gamba grass here in the
Top End.
Denise
On 6 Sep 2017, at 6:46 pm, Chris King <> wrote:
> Thanks for everyones responses. Same story, different places - weeds are
> good habitat if they're dense, and the little birds disappear if the weeds
> or shrubs are tidied and the habitat is not replaced. In my backyard they
> use the dense tall cyperus, which is not native, to access the bird bath,
> but they seem to feed on the ground and up to a couple of metres on any
> plants that have insects.
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Chris King <> wrote:
>
>> That spot is only a couple of blocks along the Greenway / LR corridor from
>> me. I suspect the scrubwrens could have dispersed from the block you
>> studied, which is now either cleared or under concrete. Is your report
>> available? I'd really appreciate being able to read it.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Stephen Ambrose <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> I recorded a pair of White-browed Scrubwrens in weedy thickets along the
>>> Greenway in Lewisham West, just south of the main Western Sydney train
>>> line
>>> and north of Old Canterbury Road, while conducting an ecological impact
>>> study there about four years ago. I suspect that scrubwrens occasionally
>>> disperse into the Greenway from vegetated areas along the Cooks River, to
>>> the south. It's good to hear that the Greenway is providing habitat for
>>> small populations of native birds.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> Dr Stephen Ambrose
>>> Director
>>> AMBROSE ECOLOGICAL SERVICES PTY LTD
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Chris King
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>>> To:
>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Scrubwrens in inner west Sydney
>>>
>>> Hi everyone
>>>
>>> I live in Dulwich Hill along the light rail / Greenway corridor. There
>>> are a
>>> resident pair of White-browed scrubwren living in the adjacent bushcare
>>> site
>>> and nearby weedy thickets. The pair frequently visit my small garden to
>>> use
>>> the birdbath and to feed amongst my thick plantings. I know there are
>>> probably scrubwrens surviving on a section of the Greenway in Leichhardt
>>> but
>>> I wondered if anyone knows of others in the inner west?(ie not Wolli
>>> Creek).
>>> We also have resident Superb fairywrens and Spotted pardalotes.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris
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