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Nah
still in the page side of scullin. I've heard a few diff calls
from it or they also. It was gettin harrassed by the wattlebirds (whose
young were in feeding on the callistemon over the weekend) this morning in my
backyard. The wattlebirds are the only things aggressive enough to get
past the Mynas which no longer have chicks! woo hoo but the parents are
still swoopin the dog. Hopefully the Magpie Larks and others will come
back soon. Rainbow Loris are making the most of the Silky Oaks
around belco. Haven't seen any superbs lately, must be all out west at holt
:-)
Yes
Phil got me smilin on the 'savour' one - yummy - might
have to delve into the freezer. But no I was being serious - how many do
they actually save and do they limit it just to waterbirds? I'd
like to know their plans for after duck hunting has been banned? cos it will be.
How much work have they done to wetlands in WA, NSW and Queensland lately? Duck
hunters still go out on fox drives in those states, or shoot foxes, cats,
pigs, rabbits, hares whilst they are out surveying wetlands!!!
Conservation is about management - put value on a resource and humans will save
it!
Buy packaged meat and veggies from the supermarket
(that is if you don't go take away everynight), get a wide screen TV for every
room (which also has to have an ensuite), a hotted up expensive car for p
platers but don't kill a whale! It just comes back to the
out of sight out of mind thing again - people get emotional about seeing a whale
harpooned but don't even care that they are killing the whole planet at the same
time!
Back
onto the Wattlebirds I've noticed quite a few feeding on the yellow and orange
flowers of those succulent things that are quite common and out in force at the
moment in canberra gardens.
I
haven't noticed many either but some Silvereyes passing
thru Ngunnawal - I reckon if ya checked around any plum trees ya might
find a few??? Also seemed to be more blackbirds and sparrows there - not
sure if it is the age of the suburb or maybe there's no mynas
nearby?????
Can't
remember if I've already reported this but the pair of Sacred Kings are still on
the powerlines either side of the entrance to the pitch'n'putt and drving range
in Narrabundah.
I’ve had a koel in
Scullin for three weeks, but have not heard it for the last three days. Maybe
it’s moved up to Weetangera. It has a very distinctive call, it sounds like a
teenager with a breaking voice!
Anthony
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Phyl Goddard [
Sent: Monday, 8 December
2008 10:33
AM
To: 'billrobertson'; 'COG
List'
Subject: RE:
[canberrabirds] Another Koel
Yesterday I heard the
Southwell St
Weetangera koel for the first
time this season. Maybe it’s been slumming around Macquarie so far? But
thanks Mark for making its
reporting respectable once again.
Phyl
-----Original
Message-----
From:
billrobertson
[
Sent: Sunday, 7
December 2008 12:34
PM
To: 'COG List'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Another
Koel
I
prefer to think of it as the Giralang koel. I heard it calling in with the
dawn chorus and it is also the first I’ve heard this year.
Margaret
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Message-----
From:
Mark Clayton [
Sent: Saturday, December 06,
2008 7:59
AM
To: 'COG List'
Subject: [canberrabirds] Another
Koel
At the risk of
annoying/upsetting/infuriating the Koel-phobes I wish to report that the
Kaleen
Koel was recorded for the
first time this year by my wife calling close to our house last night. At
present, (0755) it is calling several hundred metres to the west of our house
close to the Giralang/Kaleen ridge.
Mark
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