I have been hearing Whipbirds in the last few days alongside the Enogerra
Creek reserve in The Gap in west Brisbane for the last few days (this is
about 1 km east of the Brisbane Forest Park !). The odd thing is they are
very uncommon in this area - I remember very few occurrences in this reserve
and I have lived here for 24 years.
Tim Murphy
Colin,
Up on the Blackall Range Eastern Whipbirds call year long. I can't
recall a day when we don't hear them calling.
R
> A study a did a few years back (Emu 97:121-125, 1997)
> showed that in Brisbane Forest Park, west of Brisbane,
> they called throughout the year. Slightly less in winter but not
> the noticeable drop off in calling that I found in catbird and noisy
> pitta.
>
> Whether this is applicable to your area, I don't know.
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
>
> At 03:21 PM 6/05/2004 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hi all
> >
> >Do whipbirds migrate or just shut up for the winter? All of them are
> >suddenly silent around where I live near Toronto (Lake Macquarie NSW).
There
> >were a few around so they can't all have been eaten by cats!
> >Cheers
> >
> >Colin Driscoll
> >
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