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Dear All
We have had a family of Superb
Fairy-Wrens around our house garden for some 10 months. Mum and Dad seem
to have been lucky to raise four young 'uns. (It was simply marvellous to
see them all sitting on the fence together with the young kids mucking
around and mum and dad keeping an eye on them.)
But it has now been two
weekends and there has been no sign or sound of them. The first weekend
was hot but this last weekend was somewhat cooler. There are three bird
baths dotted through the garden with ample water. There has however
been a lone grey butcher bird hanging around and making his presence felt.
Could it be that our family are
laying low or that the Butcher bird has been able to frighten them away or worse
still...... ???
There is another family of
Brown Thornbills that are still around but they also are not visiting the bird
baths or the house garden. A group of European Goldfinches also seem to
have left area. In fact our garden has been eerily quiet over the past two
weekends - change of seasons ???
Grateful for any feedback on
the wrens and their habits and if the butcher bird is our
problem.
Max &
Jocelyn Boyd Richards
Kardella South
S.W. Gippsland,
Victoria
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