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I was
pleased and surprised to see the Rufous Fantail still in my neighbour's messy
backyard on Tuesday morning. (Thus by chance qualifying on two GBS weeks.) But I
was away till after dark and no sign of it today.
The
nest box at which Crimson Rosellas have been attending for 10 weeks (and Eastern
Rosellas have sometimes checked out), now clearly have chicks. I could hear them
this morning. also the female arrived and entered the box and the chicks' sound
increased. For the first time I saw the male also go in the box (after her, for
about 2 minutes, then he came out). The female is still in half immature
plumage, the male in mature plumage.
The
Koel is still in the area.
Philip
Going out at 9:10
this morning to take out the wheelie
bin, I heard the nice tinkle of a
Rufous Fantail in my neighbour's messy backyard. I didn't have time to look.
Fortunately it was still there on my return at 1:00 so I tracked it down and
watched it for a while. It was not there yesterday (or at least not calling if
it was).
Philip.
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