Yesterday the autumn Spinebills turned up in our Canberra suburb as they
always do at about this time, but this year two Spinebills started singing
in two separate spots, almost as though, having seen out two flowering
banksias and other flowering natives, they thought it was worth claiming a
territory. I haven't noticed this in previous years.
What was equally intereting was that, at this, all the local Red Wattlebirds
started calling and getting agitated, as if they were going to contest the
new arrivals' right to be there.
Haven't heard much activity this morning, perhaps the Wattlebirds managed to
chase off the Spinebills.
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John Leonard (Dr)
http://users.bigpond.com/john.leonard
PO Box 243, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia
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