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Non-migratory red wattlebirds

To: "'Margaret Leggoe'" <>, <>
Subject: Non-migratory red wattlebirds
From: "Paul Fennell" <>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 14:25:25 +1000

Margaret

 

These are the Reporting Rates (sightings per month/Surveys per month), using data going back to 1974.  As you can see, the lowest rates are in April and October, but the rates through the middle of winter are quite high.

 

I would be interested to hear people’s views as to why this pattern has emerged from the data.

 

 

Cheers

 

Paul

 

Paul Fennell

Editor Annual Bird Report

COG Databases Manager

 

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From: Margaret Leggoe [
Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2011 1:11 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Non-migratory red wattlebirds

 

There is a banksia tree in Wanniassa that commences flowering in autumn, and flowers through winter.  A couple of red wattlebirds have lived permanently near that tree since I moved in in 1998.  Other RWBs are to be found nearby all the year round also.  I am surprised to hear they are migratory.

 

Margaret Leggoe

Canberra

Australia

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