Those banded choughs must be very old . When I worked at ADFA the Heinsohn clan
were regular visitors and that was at least 20 years ago.
We have a very active flock behind Giralang Primary School they have been
around that area for many years , I released a juvenile ( car accident & I
couldn’t find the original family ) into the flock last year when they had a
nest between the Jewish School & Primary School .
I will keep an eye out .
Denise
> On 15 Jan 2020, at 9:52 am, Mark Clayton <> wrote:
>
> This morning for the first time in 43 years, I had a group of 10 White-winged
> Choughs land in my garden in Kaleen. There were at least two birds that were
> 4+ years old going by their eye colour and several birds of various ages
> including a couple of this year's young. They spent about 20 minutes foraging
> and eating seed that I scatter for the local Crested Pigeons before retiring
> to roost in a Brittle Gum in my backyard. Of particular interest to me was
> that two of the birds were banded, one with an easily readable large white
> numbered colour band. The one with the single metal band came right up onto
> the back deck and I managed to get at least some of the band number but other
> birds kept getting in the way and I couldn't get all the number. I am sure
> that these birds are part of the study being done by Connie Leon and Rob
> Heinsohn from the ANU. I have reported the sighting to the bird banding
> scheme and if there is anything interesting in their reply I will pass it on.
>
> COGgies in Kaleen and Giralang should keep an eye out for these birds. If you
> see any of the banded birds, including the one with the large white numbered
> band please record the number and let me know the date and locality and I
> will pass the sighting on to the banding office. They will get back to you
> with he banding details.
>
> There are quite a few birds around Canberra with these readable bands so keep
> an eye out for them.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
>
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