Syd & Co,
. But the
> amusing sight was a Purple Swamphen doing the finch thing: perched about
a
> metre off the ground on a grass clump (yes we have sturdy grass-clumps
here
> in the sub-tropics) and pulling grass-stems in with one foot to dine on
the
> seed-heads.>
I have found ths to be typical behaviour here in the tropics. Maybe some of
our birds are on hliday down your way?
> PS. Ever noticed how strongly the silhouette of a soaring White Ibis,
seen
> in just the right aspect, resembles the traditional depiction of an
> Archaeopterix?
No, but I would like to know to which reconstruction you are refering.
Lots of Fig-parrot activity in the town of Yungaburra this morning along
with Yellow-eyed Cickoo-shrikes. Looks like storms might build up and there
is one green frog which believes it is going to rain.
Regards,
Alan
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