At 3:00 this afternoon, as the sun came out, I heard a repetitive
cheep cheepeating call coming from the garden and saw a Striated Pardalote perched on the house guttering regaling the surroundings with its continuous call. About three minutes later it flew to a tree 25 metres away, perched and resumed calling. I settled
down in a sheltered nook out of the breeze and watched as it moved between house and tree for some 20 minutes, calling incessantly from each perch. I remembered McComas Taylor’s novel but apt description of the call as
Paul Keating, Paul Keating in his nifty little book, Field
Guide to the Birds of the ACT.(1st edition)
John Layton
Holt
