Restless Flycatcher in Rivett

["Jack and Andrea Holland" <>]

Good spotting Tobias.  We're only about 400 m away and at 5:30 pm last night 
I heard a Restless Flycatcher call and then watched it jerkily fly away and 
behind a neighbour's house.  Unfortunately it was into the sun and the light 
was poor, but your observation has now confirmed my sighting.
In over 30 years of living here I've only about 10 records of this species, 
most of them prefires in the horse paddocks bordering Chapman and usually 
during autumn/winter, though there have been a couple of sightings.  Most 
recently round Xmas 2004 and New Year 2005 there was one that came flying in 
near sunset and roosted in a neighbour's garden for a number of nights, but 
apart from that only a few records post fires.
Jack Holland