>On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 11:17:07AM +1000, Andy Burton wrote:
>> Just to confuse the issue, here in Sydney, Drongos are 'reverse'
>> migrants arriving from the north in the cooler months.
Spangled Drongos were prominent (up to 4 seen at any one time) in the
coastal scrub and rainforest between Harrington and Crowdy Head NSW (just
north of 32°S) when we were there over the Easter/ANZAC week. Presumably
these were of the southern over-wintering population???
Also seen in the area was a Black-necked Stork (Jabiru): first seen
foraging in the Harrington estuary, and also a couple of days later beside
a small farm dam a few km inland from Old Bar. (the two locations would be
about 15 km straight line distance apart). We had also seen one on the
Harrington estuary on 18 Dec last year. HANZAB claims they are essentially
sedentary, probably with large home ranges, and usually seen singly or as
pairs, so we are assuming that it was probably the same individual. Does
anyone on Birding-aus know anything more about this bird(s)?
Harvey
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