torulosa heaven?

[jude hopwood <>]

Dear Birdies,

 

Just to the south-east of Goulburn - Komungla - there is an ancient torulosa stand, maybe six trees, half derelict and home to many rabbits.  Today, stopping to investigate what appeared to be a strangely coloured parrot (didn't spot it again, but will now watch for it closely), in and around this old stand with less ancient radiata to the rear of it, I spotted in ten minutes of watching;

a pair of diamond firetails, a southern whiteface, rufous whistler, western gerygone, yellow tailed thornbill, a willy wagtail, grey fantail, magpie and magpie-lark, tree martins, dusky woodswallow.

 

Is this an unusual habitat for such a variety of native birds?  There are no significant stands of older natives nearby, just a few stragglers and a few ten year olds a paddock away, but nothing much to indicate that there would be such a variety in an exotic evergreen.  There are, of course, paddock dams around, and Mulwaree ponds two kilometres away.

 

Opinion, anyone?

 

Ta,

Jude Hopwood.