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G'day all,
This species continues to expand its territory !
This species is only a "recent" arrival to Mount Isa
district.
It was not listed in
... R.K.Carruthers' extensive 1968 list.
... Bill Horton's paper in Sunbird V6 (3), 49-69,1975 "Birds
of Mount Isa"
... Helen Horton's book "Around Mount
Isa" (UQP) 1976
My closest observations of it to Mount Isa have been 5km
north of town at and near the Moondarra Caravan Park.
Yesterday, I saw 12 (yes,exactly twelve) Apostlebirds 6.5km
south of town.
They were preparing to roost for the night in a tree that
contained two mud nests that could have been theirs. No water was in the
immediate vicinity.
Reference...McAllan & O'Brien, Aust Bird Watcher,
Vol19(1), March,2001, 14-27, "The Changing Distribution of the
Apostlebird"
Regards, Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW Qld.
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