I was out at West Macgregor again at 6.30am today and there are definitely at
least 3 Red-backed Kingfishers. There was a male on an overhead wire near to
me calling, and I could see the female in a dead willow over to my left, and
there was a third bird calling in response from the far side of the creek. It
sounded some way up the hill. Over a period of about 2 hours, the birds were
calling on and off, but I couldn't locate the third bird, although there is no
doubt it was there. At one point, 2 kingfisher-like birds flew out of a tree
at the top of the hill and quickly disappeared - the distance was too great to
be certain they were RBKs. If there had been any obvious way of crossing the
creek, I would have trespassed and investigated!
Other species not noted yesterday were 1 Little Eagle, 1 Diamond Firetail and 2
Rufous Songlarks. The Pallid Cuckoos in the area are very confiding, allowing
approach to within a few metres.
I'm yet to see the reported Hooded Robins there - are they in the same area as
the kingfishers, or further towards Dunlop?
Regards
Frank
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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:14:11 +1100
To: "Canberrabirds List"
Subject: R-B Kingfishers etc at West Macgregor
> I went out to West Macgregor this afternoon at 4.30pm. The pair of
> Red-backed Kingfishers are still there. I observed them copulating again
> but, in the half hour that I watched them, neither entered any nest holes.
> Other species of note were 1 Sea Eagle, 1 Brown Falcon, 1 Brown Songlark
> (over towards the Holt pony club), several Rainbow Bee-eaters, 7 White-winged
> Trillers - not too bad for clapped out paddocks awaiting development :~}
>
> Regards
> Frank
>
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