Spring

["Osborn, Paul PR" <>]

Hello all, 

Spring has come at last, and in a rush. We had our first Shining
Bronze-Cuckoo last Wednesday, our first Channel-billed Cuckoos (4 of
them) on Friday and the first White-throated Gerygone and Rufous
Whistler on Sunday. 

I promised some people I would try to get a photo of a Yellow-rumped
Thornbill swinging upside down on our fence. After nesting in a tree in
our yard for four years running  they have decided to nest in a
different tree, about 50 metres away, this year. So far I have not seen
them swinging but will continue to look for it. Meanwhile, Buff-rumped
Thornbills have started nesting in the tree vacated by the Y-r Ts, they
don't appear to share the acrobatic behaviour of their cousins.


Paul Osborn
Research Scientist
BHP Research - Newcastle Labs
PO Box 188 Wallsend, NSW, 2287
Ph: (02) 49792705
VPN: 8843 2705
Fax: (02) 49792022