Yes - there was none of that
declaratory trumpeting, just the occasional protesting squeal from the cuckoo.
Over about 20 mins it was harassed continually mainly by W Wagtails and Magpie-larks.
The attached will give the flavour.
I think it very likely that the
occasional quiet and unreported bird passes through.
As to Campbell Park, the only
relevant memory I have is back in the busy days of the nesting Painted
Honeyeaters when various researchers were operating in the area of the ‘triangular
dam’. Mark Clayton brought a visitor to try for a Painted, and the first
thing he said was that he’d just heard a Channel-bill flying over. That would
probably be November of a fairly birdful year.
From: Jack & Andrea Holland
[
Sent: Friday, 21 January 2011 1:10 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Cc:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Channel-bill, Campbell Park
Remarkable
Geoffrey, one of the few records I’,m aware of where it was not rushing through
calling or heard in the distance.
You imply it was
rather silent, given that it was feeding and reluctant to move, are we
overlooking this species?
Sent: Friday,
January 21, 2011 11:58 AM
Subject:
[canberrabirds] Channel-bill, Campbell Park
At 0800 flew over the car-park
with an escort of N Miners. Following the protest calls I located
it in the top of a leafy euc. After a few minutes it flew off, with
attendants, but circled as if reluctant to move anywhere in particular.
>From the buff tipping and lack of eye/eye-patch colour I take this to be an
immature bird. Looks like someone’s prunus had a larger-than-usual
visitor this morning.
