Martin - Some years ago, in the early stages
of this chatline, the co-ordinator asked that, for the benefit of non-Canberrans,
contributors explain the location of all sites referred to. This, I
think, was impracticable, and I, along with the rest of us, have not complied
with the suggestion. However, in your case, in view of the many
interesting and clearly non-suburban observations from your home area, I think
it would be very useful if you could explain just where your property is in relation
to Canberra, and give an idea of the vegetation and any other bird-related
features of it. Geoffrey
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 10:14 AM
To: Perkins, Harvey
Cc:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Grey Butcherbirds [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
The Grey Butcherbirds are being
very vocal around Carwoola at present. I don't know why this is - perhaps
they're complaining about the extreme dryness of the area.
While we usually have a large number of Noisy Miners in the upper (about 40m
higher altitude) parts of our property they have only been itinerants in my GBS
site: typically, flying into a tree; staying there making a ruckus for a few
minutes; and then moving on. However when they appear it is often in a
flock of 20+ birds (which is bigger than the groups usually seen up top.
Martin
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Perkins, Harvey <>
wrote:
Well what do you know - this morning I had TWO Grey butcherbirds at
my place in Kambah. At least one was an adult, but the other I only heard.
They were very active and vocal. As were the Noisy Friarbirds!
I've probably recorded Grey Butchers about half a dozen times
previously around home, over about half a dozen years.
Another unfortunate arrival to my GBS area is a small group of
Noisy Miners. I've been GBSing at my current place since 1994 and had had a couple
of records of itinerant Noisy Miners, but since 26 January this year there has
been a group of at least three (maybe more) that move around the area, and
being characteristically noisy!
Harvey
Harvey Perkins
CRC
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