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New bird for a very small garden list

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Subject: New bird for a very small garden list
From: Lawrie Conole <>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:19:47 +1000
Living as I do in a block of flats in a part of Melbourne 
with scarcely
a native avifauna to talk about (Ascot Vale), a new bird for 
the garden
list is a red letter day.  The garden is spartan, but does 
contain a
large Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) tree which has a number of 
Creeping
Mistletoe (Muellerina eucalyptoides) plants in it.  The 
mention of
mistletoe probably gives away the element of surprise ... 
but this
morning amongst the incessant chirping of Tree Sparrows I 
heard a
MISTLETOEBIRD.  That begins to even up the feral:native 
ratio of birds
in my garden slightly.

On any given day the birds of the yard are generally Tree 
Sparrows with
the odd House Sparrow and Greenfinch joining in; Song 
Thrush, Blackbird,
Common Mynah, Spotted Turtle-Dove; White-plumed Honeyeater, 
Little
Wattlebird, Magpie-lark, Willie Wagtail.  Little Raven, 
Magpie and
lorikeets (Rainbow, Musk, Little) fly over regularly.  
Things improve
slightly in the local parks (add Red Wattlebird, Spotted 
Pardalote, Grey
Butcherbird, Welcome Swallow, Red-rumped Parrot, Eastern 
Rosella, etc.),
but not much!




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Lawrie Conole
2/37 Myrnong Crescent, Ascot Vale Vic 3032 AUSTRALIA

AH 03 9370 3928  Mob 0419 588 993

Senior Zoologist
Ecology Australia Pty Ltd
88 B Station Street, Fairfield Vic 3078 AUSTRALIA

www.ecologyaustralia.com.au
BH 03 9489 4191  Mob 0419 588 993  Fax 03 9481 7679
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