Yes,
mia culpa, I was going on memory with what appeared in McComas Taylor’s
book, not a good policy these days. Nonetheless, the bird I watched yesterday was a Striated Pardalote and, incidentally, the garrulous little twit was at it again early this morning before the wind came up.
John Layton
Holt
From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Monday, 13 July 2020 10:49 PM
To: 'John Layton'; 'Canberra birds'
Subject: RE: [Canberrabirds] Striated Pardalote with nidification on its mind
Maybe but
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) refers to the Spotted Pardalote. That suggestion came from his - then young - daughter that the Spotted Pardalote says
Paul Keating
Philip
