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A very interesting and practical request for
Martin.
I know when we first moved to Canberra it was completely
frustrating to have sightings posted with no locations
given.
It is interesting that the reason given was apparently
implacability but here we are asking one person to do it while maintaining it is
not practical for others.
There are no Grey Butcher birds in this area but plenty of
Pied and they are always a pleasure to see and hear.
Discussions on the chat line have mentioned the autumn
movement of avian fauna and this is happening here as well.
No more are Koels part of the dawn chorus and this was
bought home to me when I saw a Black Eared Cuckoo the other day and heard a
Brush Cuckoo and realised that I had not seen or heard any cuckoos for a
while.
There are still some Dollar Birds around but they have
turned very dark in colouring and lost those wonderful greens
etc.
We still have hundreds of Rainbow Bee Eaters roosting in
our front yard gums of a night.
Things seem to happen in waves here.
A month ago I had not seen or heard any Spangled Drongos
and suddenly they are fairly common.
Same with Crested Hawks. Not seen or heard hide nor
head of one and in one week in three very different locations heard three of
them.
The rain has stopped here for a while and this has changed
the mix of birds as well.
I was always guaranteed during my afternoon walk to see on
average three species of finch. With the dry spell the long tailed and
masked finches have disappeared leaving the very dependable Double Barred.
Occasionally I see Zebra and Crimson as well but they have disappeared with the
dry spell as well.
For interest Katherine since the beginning of December had
1.5 meters of rain.
John
Cummings
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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 [
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 Strategy and
Communication Section
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