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Top o' the Morning Birders.
Question: An old gentleman farmer here in Warragul (a place 100 kms.
East of Melbourne ) knowing that I was a bit of a bird nut-case, tried to
describe to me a bird which he said he used to see very frequently in years gone
by - but never now. He called it a CROP-TIT ! The best
description he could give me was of a "small brown bird " with a very
weak flight. He said when they were slashing hay they used to disturb them and
it would fly a short distance and then land again. They occasionally "cut
the nest in half " so it was not a ground nester - I can only assume it
nested in the "rye-grass" about 6 or 7 inches off the ground. The eggs
were very small and turquoise blue with dark brown speckles. Has anybody got any
idea what species these were? He would like to know and so would I !! Cheers
Robbie Brown.
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