It seems to be a good season locally for Gang-gangs. In
Griffith there have been up to 20 as smaller groups converge
at food concentrations. It seems unlikely there has been a
sudden jump in the overall population, so this might reflect shortage of food
elsewhere. It might also have been a relatively good breeding
season. There were 2 begging young in the group of 7 in the ironbark in
front of Elizabeth’s residence.
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Friday, 13 March 2009 7:14 AM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Gangs-gangs hit a low point
Altitudinally speaking that is. In the last few days I
have been told of a flock of 50+ Gang-gangs at a property on Woolcara Lane and
another of 30 of these birds munching hawthorn berries at another property on
Plains Rd. As the two locations, marked X in the attachment, are only
about 6km apart in a straight line (albeit somewhat further as the Gang-gang
flies) I suspect they are the same birds.
Martin
