whipbird at Molonglo Gorge

[martin butterfield <>]

The ACT Atlas certainly reinforces the absence of the birds from that area.

One of the longer term residents of the Carwoola area commented to me recently about the spread of dense Kunzea ericoides around the Carwoola/Hoskinstown area in the last 20 years or so.  This is somewhat similar habitat to where I have heard whipbirds in the Murrumbidgee Valley.   Could that have allowed some birds to spread across from Tallanganda and into the Molonglo Valley?  They'd have some sparsely vegetated areas to cover, but not too far.

Martin

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Ian Fraser <> wrote:

Yesterday morning, one (at least) calling almost in the carpark. It seems a somewhat curious locale, given that I'd have thought it was pretty effectively isolated from other whipbird habitat (Murrumbidgee and Tallaganda would be the closest populations to my knowledge, and the Molonglo corridor is generally pretty whipbird-unfriendly). Nor have I ever heard one there, or recall hearing of one; a quick look at the list archives doesn't contradict that either. Someone will doubtless remind me though!

cheers

Ian

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