Kym’s photo of the Restless Flycatcher this morning reminded me that this is a species that, to me, is rapidly disappearing from our landscapes. Growing up in north Canberra during the 60’s and 70’s it was a common bird in areas that are now covered by housing – so too were Brown Treecreepers and Hooded Robins. I used to regularly band Restless Flycatchers at The Charcoal Tank Nature Reserve near West Wyalong but haven’t seen them probably for over a decade out there, let alone banded any. The last bird I saw locally was at CSIRO (Wildlife) late last year from memory and I did put in an incidental observation report for that record. I recommend that COG members record any observations of this species so that we have records of its decline locally.
There are a number of other species that are also rapidly disappearing from COG’s area of interest e.g. Southern Whiteface, Whistling Kite. Please record all observations of these species.
Cheers,
Mark
From: kym bradley [
Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 10:52 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Another sign of winters approach Restless Flycatcher
Another first for 2013 cooler weather, restless flycatcher, flying with a flock of willy wagtails
Sighted at the bridge on smiths rd prior to the sandwash , also black fronted dotterel ( got his shot this time )
