Highlights from twice-weekly Canberra Ornithologists' Group (COG) hotline,
for fortnight ending 9 August (some reports are of earlier obs).
Not a lot, but spring is certainly a strong hint at present; in the coming
weeks the roll-call of returning migrants is a highlight of our year!
BREEDING ACTIVITY Recorded from Magpies, Speckled Warblers, Pied
Currawongs, Yellow-rumped Thornbills, Red-browed Finches, Magpie-larks. None
of these are outrageously early.
TREE MARTINS 9/8 The first migrant return reported to me (well, actually
I was delighted to see them myself!).
DUSKY WOODSWALLOW 1/8 Flock of 8 in suburban Jerrabomberra wetlands;
this group has apparently over-wintered.
YELLOW-TUFTED HONEYEATER 8/8 heard at National Botanic Gardens
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Hotline number: 02 6247 5530
COG web site: www.canberrabirds.dynamite.com.au/
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Ian Fraser, Canberra
Environment Tours; Vertego Environmental Writing Consultancy
GPO Box 3268, Canberra, ACT 2601
ph: 02 62491560 fax: 02 62473227
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