“ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus”,
Martin. Not quite the same thing so far as the more worldly courtier is
concerned. g
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Friday, 30 April 2010 4:45 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Hoskinstown Plain this morning
I went for a prowl in the Plain this morning. Very
loud Eurasian Skylarks everywhere, but Australasian Pipits were
still in groups (biggest seen was 9) A female Flame Robin
was good to see as were 4 Double-barred Fnches. One Australian
Shelduck was scrounging left over horse tucker, but when disturbed (by the
stockman replenishing said tucker) headed off to the nearby lucerne
paddock. The stockman reported that there were usually 2 Shelduck
present.
Only one Yellow-faced Honeyeater was heard, which given my view of this part of
the migration path means that, like the ladies of the court of King Caractacus,
they have just passed by!
Also MIA were most other waterfowl. The stretch of Molonglo through the
property was almost devoid of any waterbirds whereas I would normally expect to
tick 5 or 6 species along the river.
Martin
