Surely this visitor, like several others, is of variable occurrence year to year as to both numbers and time. They are sometimes present here in Winter. This year Michael Lenz recorded one near Gunning in June, and there were a couple near Collector end July. Michael recorded one on his woodland survey at Campbell Park in September
From: Denis Wilson [
Sent: Sunday, 25 November 2012 3:33 PM
To: martin butterfield
Cc: Steve Holliday; Jack & Andrea Holland;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Rufous songlarks
Well I can confirm that Rufous Songlarks were commonly seen and hear around Cowra 14 October.
So much so that I did not think it abnormal.
One road kill observed and recorded.
Denis Wilson
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 3:13 PM, martin butterfield <> wrote:
Interestingly when we visited Leeton/Griffith in the last week of September they were present there. With an altitude difference of about 500m that gives a slightly longer delay than the 1 week per 100m that I have observed with many seasonal events.
Martin
On 25 November 2012 14:53, Steve Holliday <m("iinet.net.au","pruesteve");" target="_blank">> wrote:
2 males calling and displaying in the front paddock at Gooroo this morning. They weren’t there last week.
Cheers
Steve
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.
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Martin Butterfield
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Denis Wilson
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