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The highlight of my dog walking exercise this
morning around the NW end of Cooleman Ridge was first hearing pied butcherbirds,
including at one stage two responding to each other, and then clearly
seeing one adult as it harassed a brown falcon (along with lots of
magpies). This bird then continued to call, usually only a short
rendition, but longer on a couple of occasions.
Certainly my first record of this species here in
over 30 years, and an addition to the recent records in the ACT, no
doubt drought related.
As I'll be out for much of the weekend anyone
wishing to find these birds should park at the end of Kathner St Chapman,
and follow the track past the dam. They were first heard about 100 m
past this, but the bird seen then mobbed the falcon further down the hill (100
m) to the right, and moved further down into the horse paddocks, from where it
was last heard calling.
Jack Holland
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