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The White-winged Chough is an uncommon bird in the
Grafton-Coutts Crossing area although sightings are made throughout the year,
suggesting a few small local sedentary populations. They are mostly
observed in woodland or partly forested farmland but do visit home gardens in
Coutts Crossing. Some years ago a group visited my backyard, accompanied
by a noisily begging juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo, presumably the forster
parents. The species was also commonly observed foraging on lawns and in
gutters of an area in South Grafton near the Abattoirs. They seem to have
gone from there recently. So they do inhabit urban areas in our local area
but are based, and presumably breed, in the local forests/woodlands.
Regards
Greg
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