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After hearing this species in the Chapman/NE
Cooleman Ridge area since about mid June (and catching only fleeting glimpses) I
finally positively identified it about 7:30 am this morning with binos as it
flew low over my GBS site. This marks a return after about 20 months of
(presumably) the same bird that regularly flew over etc from May 2004 to October
2005.
I'll be away for most of the weekend and anyone
wishing to see this bird would best go to the end of Kathner St Chapman,
and follow the track to the dam and just beyond (where the pied butcherbird was
in April) from about 7 am for an hour or so in the morning, or from mid
pm. If you're lucky you may see it fly over briefly, listen for and be
alerted by the very distinctive call. It loosely associates with the
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos but is different and slower flier.
Diamond Firetail and Flame/Scarlet Robins have also
been in this area, and this morning I saw male Rufous Whistler nearby, a
rare winter sighting for here.
Jack Holland
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