must be a wet season

[Joan Lipscombe via Canberrabirds <>]

Since we moved into our current house in Campbell  in 2014, we have had Dollarbirds almost daily in our garden in season, generally arriving around 22 October and leaving in early March.  We see both adults and youngsters. They breed in Mount Pleasant NR about 200m away from our house in Holmes Crescent.  This year they were late arriving and have stayed in the nature reserve having rarely been seen in our garden.

Joan Lipscombe

On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 09:11, Richard Allen via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

Always nice to see something different out the window .
I saw one over north Curtin horse paddocks a few weeks ago. Being pursued by raven. Have had them only  occasionally here but more recently (since retirement) every other year usually in spring. Certainly had immature with parents once in late summer. They’re fairly regular on Red Hill I believe perhaps they breed up there..

Richard

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> On 10 Nov 2021, at 8:46 am, calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
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> This morning I looked out of the back of the house towards the large eucalypt near Hughes Baptist Church carpark and a bird sitting in it looked unfamiliar. I got the binoculars out and it was a Dollarbird!
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> We have had Dollarbirds around here before but usually they are immatures in autumn who hang around for a few days and then leave. I have never seen one at this time of year in the suburb.
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