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Here in Fisher, near the Stromlo High School, I have three female/ juvenile and one male Bowerbird visit most days over the last fortnight, often following the eight Rainbow Lorikeets in getting the white nectar feed I leave out.
Over the last ten years? I have normally seen one or two female/juvenile very occasionally.
Rick
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Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2024 12:45 PM
To: 'Rob Geraghty' <>; 'Charmian Lawson' <>
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Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Bower birds
Rob, the answer is in the late 1970s – for the fuller story see the article Philip Veerman and I published in Canberra Bird Notes
Vol 25, No 2, pp 59-71, June 2000 Observations on the spread of the Satin Bowerbird into Canberra suburbs. Regards
Jack Holland
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Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:48 AM
To: Charmian Lawson <>
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Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Bower birds
In Lamington National Park in Queensland, the Satin Bowerbirds seem to like to mimic the call of the Riflebird. It's a favourite for the Albert Lyrebirds to mimic also. Having grown up only seeing Satin Bowerbirds in subtropical rainforest,
it's been surprising to me to see Bowerbirds in Canberra. Do we know how far back records of Bowerbirds in Canberra go? I know that some bird species are now in northern Sydney which weren't there when I was growing up in the 70s, like the Brush Turkey and
Superb Lyrebird. I went to Kuringai High School in the 70s and neither species was present, but there's now Scrub Turkeys at Bobbin Head and I saw a Lyrebird at the north fence of the school.
On Thu, 8 Aug 2024, 10:31 Charmian Lawson via Canberrabirds, <> wrote:
We have had numbers of bower birds, male and female and juveniles, in our garden in Holder since we came here in 2003. They are always of interest, particularly as there always seems to be a bower under construction or destruction somewhere,
including one recently built completely in the open. This was destroyed by a rival or rivals a couple of weeks later.
However, the thing that has been fascinating of late, is that one of the birds is mimicking the call of the yellow tailed blacks which were flying over recently. The call is so loud and so accurate that I have looked for the cockatoo
only to realise I have been tricked again. Another ( I am assuming it is a different bird) mimics a kookaburra, but the call, though accurate, is really quite subdued.
It is great to see the King Parrots and a Gang Gang pair back again. Not so good to see and hear all the noisy mynahs and Indian mynahs though....
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