canberrabirds

Rufous Songlarks

To: "'Roger Curnow'" <>
Subject: Rufous Songlarks
From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:38:54 +1000

Roger  -  Interesting that you’ve got a few around, as not reported much recently, so I’ll copy to the chatline.  I’ve heard the odd one at Callum Brae.   I’d think yours are probably heading off rather than about to stay over, though.  Jack and I had previously noted that a few do stay over, so I included the species in last Winter’s survey, and not a single one was recorded in the 8 weeks to 31 July.

 

One of the ID points is that once again there’s a bill thing, with the male having black bill and gape when breeding.  In the below, your bird is at upper left, the two in the below middle are breeding males (from H11, a previous year) and I think the other two are probably juveniles (yellow gape).  g

 

 

 

 

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To: Geoffrey Dabb
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