A pair of Singing Honeyeaters is hanging around the Black Rock Clock Tower area
(Mel ways p85 J/K 4).
Please let me know PRIVATELY if you get a good idea of where they are nesting
as this is a very rare breeding species in the metropolitan area.
I found a single bird on 15/11 and a pair subsequently in the foreshore reserve
north and south of the Clock Tower, and in gardens opposite between Beach Road
and Bluff Road. This morning (18/11) at 6.45 they were even in a small tree by
the bakery with starlings, apparently waiting for scraps from the shops !
In Perth this may be commonplace. But urban Melbourne !!
The Noisy Friarbird was reported as still present in northern Beaumaris on
14/11.
On our recent frog watch we saw a couple of swimming spiders, probably
Dolomedes australianus. They are reputed to dive under the water & eat tadpoles
& small fish.
I have never seen them before. BUT mosquito species which carry Dengue Fever
have reach 1000 km from the northern coast of Australia. "Tiger Spiders" from
Europe are spreading around London, England. You now have to walk for 8 km
from the old Base Camp on Mount Everest to reach the snow.
"Creationist theories should be given the same time as evolution on the school
curriculum"
Your family friendly ostrich
Michael Norris
Bayside Friends of Native Wildlife
Hampton, Victoria 38° 56' S 145° 1' E
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