At some past year (I couldn't find it right now),
Richard Allen posted a message to this list about the Rufous Fantail being a
"Rider on the storm", a term presumably borrowed from the Doors song, in that
they appear in Canberra after rain. Additionally my GBS Report mentions how
regular and mirror-imaged the annual abundance pattern is. Well I had one
in my garden from Thursday afternoon to Friday morning. This is an observation
consistent with both bits of prior knowledge (and a nice bird to pass
through).
Philip
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