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Further to
this, at about 1:30 today I watched two Rufous Fantails
in exactly the same spot as I described below. They were flitting about
and calling a lot. I am pretty confident there was also a third one heard from a
bit higher up the gully or higher in the tree. They shared the patch with
several Grey Fantails, so if anyone would like to see the two species together,
this is a likely good opportunity.
I apologise
that I have not had time to check out whether the location as described by
Mauritz is the same or different spot as I am describing.
Philip
Thanks, Philip. I was just in the
Rainforest Gully and watched as 2 rufous fantails chased each
other around where I stood. This was at 10.45am in Section
158 near the Sambucus australasica. There was no
sign of the koel.
Maurits Zwankhuizen
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Date:
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:23:10 +1100
Subject: [canberrabirds] Rufous Fantail &
Koel etc. at ANBG today
Taking a few minutes to
go out of my little office at ANBG to collect the mail at the admin building, I
heard a Koel down in the lower part of the ANBG. I also heard a Rufous
Fantail. I tracked down the Rufous Fantail and watched it for about 5 minutes.
It was foraging about a metre above ground, just inside the rainforest gully,
close to the first set of steps, just above the main entrance, next to the
car park and the Hudson's cafe. It was calling almost constantly.
I also watched a Galah
excavating a hole in the tree about 3 metres high, on the left as you enter the
gardens, immediately adjacent to the bridge from the car park to the
Hudson's cafe, over the rainforest gully (so about a metre from the eaves of the
cafe building and in full view). Other galah sat on the adjacent light pole
watching.
Also in the morning a
big mixed flock of pardalotes, weebills, grey fantails, superb fairy wrens &
red-browed finches near the CSIRO gate - though nothing unusual about that.
Philip
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