Martin’s comment that Red
Wattlebirds have been hard to find around Carwoola reminded me that Red
Wattlebirds virtually disappeared from around our house in Kaleen when we had
the extreme temperatures in February – we were in NZ at the time and when
we returned the morning silence was very noticeable. Prior to the heat
they were very common (they have bred in my yard for about the last 5 years)
and often woke me up just on dawn with their rather constant bickering and loud
calls. It is only in the last couple of weeks that several have returned. I
actually consider them a far greater menace than Pied Currawongs as they harass
and chase everything (including the currawongs) out of my yard. I also noticed
that they were a lot less common in areas that I frequented in north Canberra after the heat
wave and are only now starting to become obvious again. This was well before
they were supposed to move locally.
Mark
From:
martin butterfield [
Sent: Monday, 4 May 2009 2:00 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds]
Belated Red Wattlebird migration observation [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Red Wattlebirds have been
hard to find around Carwoola recently.
Until yesterday there had been a trickle of Yellow Faced Honeyeaters still
coming through my GBS site (with a more sustained movement evident frmo the
Western end of Widgiewa Road
to the edge of the Hoskintown Plain). Today I haven't seen or heard one
YFHE.
Martin
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:09 PM, <>
wrote:
Whilst reading Jack's observation given in the 'What to
watch out for this month' section of the May 2009 Gang-gang, I recalled that I saw a flock of 29 Red
Wattlebirds flying northerly towards a remnant Yellow Box next to Sulwood
Drive, Wanniassa, on the morning of Saturday 25 April.
Have
also had Double-barred Finch near to and flying over my place in Kambah on a
couple of occasions recently, which is the first time I've recorded this
species within the suburb, but admittedly it is only about 500m away from the
Mt Taylor Nature Reserve.
Matthew
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