Paucity of Crested Pigeons?

[Duncan McCaskill <>]

Here is chart of GBS "A" values by region for Crested Pigeon. Sorry it is so messy. 

It shows a decline in most regions, especially Queanbeyan. Woden, North Canberra and Kambah show small declines. Gunghalin shows an increase, but there a very few sites there.

Duncan McCaskill

GBS Coordinator

On 27 May 2013 17:25, John Layton <> wrote:

As I watched a group of Eastern Rosellas feeding among oak mast not far from home during the weekend, they were joined by a lone Crested Pigeon. It struck me that I’ve seen very few Crested Pigeons in the vicinity for several months. Certainly none of the large 30 to 40-bird flocks that were prevalent round here previously, and very few smaller groups/flocks. Perhaps this may be because they’ve spread further afield due to greener pickings since the drought.  Has anyone noticed a similar reduction in their numbers?

 

John K. Layton

Holt.