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I'm not an experienced bird-watcher but I do have an interest
and a couple of reference books including the Field Guide to the Birds of
the ACT. From the information in that guide, I thought you may be
interested in a sighting on Saturday of what I believe to be a male Brown
Songlark in my backyard at Amaroo, which I understand may be an unusual
sighting.
The bird was all chocolate brown in colour with a large dark
eye and dark beak, about the size of a blackbird but definitely not a (female)
blackbird. It appeared to fly up from either grass or garden bed onto the
fence and a minute or two later onto the adjoining roof before running up
over the roof's ridge and disappearing from sight. The most distinctive
feature was the way it continually raised or cocked its tail, like a wren or a
crested pigeon on landing. I did not hear a song from my vantage point
inside the house some 10 metres away.
Also, we have a few Corellas out here which occasionally
fly overhead or land in the yellow boxes across the road in the company of white
cockatoos. I've only counted four at one time.
Cheers
David Jenkins
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