Hi birders
Some feral news from one of the (so far) least offensive Melbourne feral
birds.
Yesterday as I walked to work I heard the first few snatches of song
from one of my neighbourhood Song Thrushes. This morning the same bird
(I presume - singing from the same vantage point high up in a plane
tree) was in more-or-less full voice. I can't recall noting the first
Song Thrush singing in previous years, but it strikes me as a typical
mid-late winter sound in many parts of Melbourne.
I did say above that it was at the moment apparently a fairly contained
population of this feral bird in urban greater Melbourne - Geelong. I
think they are spreading into rural and forested landscapes to the east
(South Gippsland) and west (Otway Ranges) though - a bird to watch ....
L.
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Lawrie Conole
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