In addition to David & Kathy Cook's
report on their visit to the Hackett site, here my observation from the
previous day (Thurs., 31 Mar): arrived around 7.30 h, took a while to find some
birds (4), small groups kept arriving until there were 17 together in an
apple box close to the tank, finally they were joined by another 12, then all
flew together into trees in the more open country towards the power lines. They
stayed there for a few minutes, then all took off again, flying towards the
tank, but past it. Could not re-locate them after that, but did not search
too far away from the tank area.
Michael
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