22 Dec 04, midday, fine & warm.
On the corner of Peel & Stanley streets, just within Qld Art Gallery
property - at least two Superb Fairy-Wrens: one male in breeding
plumage seen, and at least one other bird heard.
Due to road closures, this corner is quieter than it was previously
(though huge construction works are opposite). The birds were chiefly
in the scrubby, street-side trees box-planted outside the gallery
wall at the roundabout, though a couple of times they could be heard
above the top of the wall, over the heads of outdoor cafe diners.
The distance between here and my previous Brisbane CBD report --
'Friday 1st Oct., lunchtime: A pair of Superb Fairy-wrens singing
fit to burst in the very narrow garden-strip of bougainvillea between
the crowded walkway and the river, at Southbank opposite the city.'
-- would be about half a kilometre, but with a great deal of
infrastructure between (big buildings, roads, tunnel, people), and
breaks in the mini 'green corridor'.
Cheers,
Judith.
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Judith L-A
S-E Qld
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