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Birds on the move

To: "'Jack and Andrea Holland'" <>, <>
Subject: Birds on the move
From: "Mark Clayton" <>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 20:02:44 +1000

Yesterday afternoon at around 3 pm I heard, then saw, a Noisy Miner in a tree two houses down from mine in Kaleen. This is the first Noisy Miner I have seen here in more than 25+ years. When I first moved here in 1976 there was a small localised colony that disappeared as Kaleen grew larger, but from time to time the occasional bird would move through. I have no idea where the nearest colony now is locally so where this lone bird came from is a bit of a mystery. Any other COGgies in the Kaleen or Giralang area know of anything in the local area?

 

Mark

 


From: Jack and Andrea Holland [
Sent: Sunday, 8 August 2010 6:24 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Birds on the move

 

Based on the lack of observations over this weekend the Crescent Honeyeater which was present in my Chapman garden from early June has moved on.  For the last week or so of July he was very vocal and conspicuous up to Friday 30 July, then only heard first thing on 31/7, 2 & 3/8.  I had expected him to stay a little longer.

 

Last weekend more so than the present one, there was clear evidence of species starting to move, with a couple of largish flocks (20 and 8) and well separated of Diamond Firetails seen on Cooleman Ridge/Narrabundah Hill, in the second case accompanied by about a dozen Red-browed Finches, the biggest groups of either of these species seen in the local area this winter.

 

The Scarlet and Flame Robins are also on the move, popping up where they weren't present over the past two months.  Still managed to find a pair of the former this afternoon, and 3 of the latter this morning, 2 of which were males, which typically have formed a high percentage (50%+) of the groups this winter.

 

Jack Holland

 

  

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