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Hi Martin et al
I was down there (finch central and nearby) saturday
(10th) morning.
In the finch line I saw upward of 30
redbrow, six diamond firetail, three
double-barred and a
Goldfinch. .
No robins, which is what i was looking for.
At least a dozen Welcome Swallow and
the about the same number of Dusky
Woodswallow.
Also sighted three Pipit, several Yellow-rumped
Thornbill and a couple of White-browed Scrubwren.
roger curnow
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:20 PM
Subject: [canberrabirds] Finch Central this
morning
I visited the area for about 90 minutes this morning. For
the firt hour I thought a renaming might be needed since "Finch-less central"
was more acurate. Then I found a few Red-browed finches (about4 flocks,
totalling to about 15 birds. Some of the birds were young with a very
noticeable white gape. As I was about to leave the area I also found 3
Diamond Firetails. Theonly robin seen was a female Scarlet Robin, also
towards the end of my visit.
Other interesting birds were two - OK a
pair, as they were playing together- flying briefly in mirror image fomation as
well as calling loudly to each other - Pergrine Falcons; and 3 Stubble Qualiin
the area of bramble clumps above the fence.
No honeyeaters seen: I
suspect the wind was a tad brisk for them.
Martin
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