I have been listening for Song Thrush but have heard none so far this
year. In most years I expect to hear them start before the winter
solstice, from about 4.00 or 4.30 in the afternoon, if the day isn't too
bright.
I have to be up early tomorrow so will check then..
Anthea Fleming
Lawrie Conole wrote:
>
> 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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