Martin, as indicated in my March Gang-gang column in my experience the
mixed feeding flocks (MFF) are an autumn/early winter phenomenon. As I
also noted (and later reported on this chat line along with other subscribers)
I’ve been seeing MFFs in my GBS site since mid February this year, perhaps a tad
earlier than I would have expected.
Jack Holland
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:59 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Mixed flox also early?
I
tend to think of the mixed feeding flocks as being a Winter phenomenon so
the following observation by Frances - in a garden bed today may be a
touch previous. They were all present at once, albeit not obviously
interacting. (She did say she was too busy identifying birds to fuss about
behaviours.)
2 Eastern Yellow Robin
1 Eastern Spineblll
1 Rufous
Whistler
1 Speckled Warbler
1 Red-browed Finch
2 Grey
Shrike-thrush
Martin
