G'day Julian,
Your cuckoo is definitely independent, possibly one of last years birds, and
possibly a female but I am not too sure. The photo of the Striated Pardalote
is an absolute beauty but I must ask, are you sure it was breeding? The
reason for the question is that the bird appears, from the colour of the
primary wing coverts (yellow) to be from the Tasmanian race. Both the other
races that occur here have orange coverts, and only one of those actually
breeds locally, the other, like the Tasmanian race, is a non-breeding winter
visitor. I have no idea if there are any other records of Tasmanian birds
breeding on the mainland. See Schodde and Mason's 1999 "Directory of
Australian Birds - Passerines" for the breeding distributions of the
relevant races.
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 11:06 AM
To: 'Canberrabirds'
Subject: Callum Brae yesterday
Yesterday I walked from the front entrance through the new link
section to the far end of the Jerra Grasslands, where it becomes
woodland again. Items of interest:
- an immature Pallid Cuckoo that looked independent(?), this would be
2-6 weeks earlier than the earliest breeding mentioned in the atlas.
- 3 Southern Whitefaces
- a vigorously feeding Sacred Kingfisher (also fairly early, and my
first this season)
- pair of Striated Pardalotes nesting in a tree hollow (unlike those
I've seen in Callum Brae proper that were nesting in the creek bank)
- very few honeyeaters; a couple each of Yellow-faced, White-naped
and Fuscous. No White-plumed at all.
- female or imm Flame Robin
- not to mention the eagles.
Julian
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