Rufous songlarks

[Sue Lashko <>]

and good numbers at Newline yesterday, along with Trillers and Mistletoebirds.

 

Sue

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Jack & Andrea Holland <> wrote:

seem to have moved into my local area over the past week.

 

From just the single distant calling over the past month, a bird was performing its nuptial flight at the SW corner of the Narrabundah Hill reserve yesterday.

 

This morning a bird was doing the same on the SW side of the NW end of Cooleman Ridge, and there were at least 4 more territories being established on the lower slopes into the horse paddocks along the next km heading SE.

 

This compares with very few records over the past couple of years, and it appears to be a sign of drying conditions of the drying conditions with the birds moving into less preferred habitat, ie they are only there when it’s too dry elsewhere.

 

Jack Holland