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Other unseasonalities

To: "'Canberrabirds'" <>
Subject: Other unseasonalities
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:35:29 +1000

Dogs swooped by magpie at Jerrabomberra Oval last week (in May!)

 

In Symonston area this am:

 

Female Rufous Whistler

Carrying nest material:  White-plumed Honeyeater (fine twig) Striated Thornbill (feather) 

 


From: John Layton [
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:22 PM
To: Canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Magpie attack on 6 June

 

Why, pray tell, given 'tis but the sixth day of winter, would a magpie swoop upon a lone and gentle horseman riding unobtrusively along the track beside Parkwood Road Holt this afternoon? Not once, but twice did it sally forth, knocking my hat askew with a wing during its second sortie.

 

John Layton.

 

 

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