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Thanks to those who gave suggestions re my draft on
10 things to know about little birds. Sent if off this morning and have had a
positive response from John Martin - though he's not sure if it will go in
before he comes back from his Christmas break. Someone now needs to do one
for bigger birds . . .
A little on my little birds (there are lots around
here at the moment):
* scrubwrens have nested under the seat of an old
bike at the back of my carport - there are now noisy hatchlings
* resident (?) E.spinebill has responded a
couple of times to the reflection in my office window as the SPs did from Feb to
July - agitatedly moving down a small hakea branch towards the window, then
flying at the window (but not as aggressively as the female
SP)
* a brown thornbill that has been around for a few
weeks has also noted the reflection, been a bit curious, but not behaved at
all aggressively (it & a partner spend quite a bit of time every day in the
hakea)
* heard in a big E. fastigata a distinctive
call that I do not recognise and could not pick on the 'Birds of the ACT' CD - a
call that I can best describe as a pleasant sounding drill (doing a
job like turning long screws) = brrrrrrrrrt, brrrrrrrrrrt, brrrrrrrrrrrt. I did
catch a very fleeting glimpse of what might have been a white-throated
treecreeper, but the call had much more of a 'rolled R' sound than the
calls on the CD and what I've heard before. Any suggestions?
cheers
Barbara
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Preston Research
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