Rufous Fantails at ANBG (again) today

[Denis Wilson <>]

Thanks for these reports, Lindell and Philip.

I have missed my local Rufous Fantails (in Robertson) for the last two weeks. I suspect they have moved north. So knowing that you still have them in the ANBG interests me.

I do still have the Black-faced Monarchs here. Not for much longer I suspect.

Fantail Cuckoo sitting silently on a power line 2 days ago.

Cheers

Denis Wilson
Robertson (160 Km North-east from Canberra), above Macquarie Pass.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Lindell <> wrote:

The Rufous Fantails were still flitting around on the left side of the rainforest gully. I stood and watched them along with the Grey Fantails, Striated Thornbills and White-browed Scrubwrens for about half an hour from the wooden walkway just past the first seat. They were so quick but did manage a couple of good photos.
Thanks for the info.

 

Lindell

 

 

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

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

 

-----Original Message-----From: Maurits Zwankhuizen [ Sent: Saturday, 19 March 2011 11:37 AM
To:       Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Rufous Fantail & Koel etc. at ANBG today

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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From:      To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");" target="_blank">      Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:23:10 +1100
Subject: 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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Griffith
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