The more cultured chatliner will have been waiting for
this: THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY. One
wonders whether the designers had really intended the present situation, where
massive pieces of sculpture are overwhelmed by the rampant native plantings.
Quite a few transient birds turn up here, including the Yellow-tufted
Honeyeater. Canberra is bang in the middle of the range of this species, but
only gets the odd handful of reports each year, with no evident trend. A
variety of opinions have been expressed on whether the YTHE is ‘rare’
in Canberra, with the issue turning more on the meaning of ‘rare’
than on the occurrence of the species. (Being consistently good spellers,
COG members will not have been responsible for the graffiti on the well-known
exhibit, which is entitled, I believe, ‘Civilisation’.)
