Rufous Fantail in Giralang

[martin butterfield <>]

There have been 218 Rufous Fantails (as opposed to 22,861 Grey Fantails) reported on GBS Charts over the past 27 years. So, if I was Mr M. Python, I would perhaps go a little stronger than "something a
little different", although not perhaps as far as "something completely
different".

A Chart of when the Rufous Fantails have been reported in terms of GBS week is attached clearly showing the bimodal nature of these observations as birds pass through on their way to and from the soggier gullies in the mountains.  We are now in GBS week 13 coinciding with the left-hand peak of the distribution. 

Martin

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:38 PM, billrobertson <> wrote:

Our garden in (dry) Giralang occasionally produces something a little
different in the bird line. This late afternoon it was a Rufous Fantail (a
first for our garden bird chart) together with our usual mixed feeding flock
of Weebill, Superb Fairywren and Silvereye.

Earlier this afternoon out at Uriarra Crossing we saw small flocks of
migrating honeyeaters, and also Dusky Woodswallow and Red-browed Finch.
Large numbers of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos were quietly shredding the
casuarinas. A White-throated Treecreeper gleaned insects as we sat watching
nearby.

Margaret Robertson


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