Jack,
How timely - all of your Pied Currawongs must have moved to Nowra!! At 13.35
hours today May 10 I was travelling north on the Princes Highway when about
100 metres before the bridge across the Shoalhaven River at Nowra my eyes
caught a large flock of PCs wheeling about at tree-top height in suburban
habitat on the upstream (western) side of the bridge (directly above the
Riverside Mtel). The light was behind them so I could not determine whether
the flock was made up of immature or adult birds or both. I counted 25 birds
- this seemed to be about 1/4 or 1/3 of the group so I would estimate the
flock at between 75 to 100 birds. It may have been larger - birds seemed to
be flying up and then settling in the tree tops - so this is only an
estimate.
I looked for them again as I returned south over the bridge half an hour
later without success.
A faint bell rings in relation to PC flocking but nothing definite. Anyone
else?
Robert Gosford
Jervis Bay, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Jack Shapiro
Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2005 3:29 PM
To: Birding-aus
Subject: Mysterious Currawongs
At one time ( late last year) there was a large number of Pied
Currawongs (about 20), including young ones that used to come to my
backyard to drink, then they all suddenly disappeared - not just from
my yard, but also from the general (coastal ) area.
Only one or two adults have stayed on fairly regularly until recently.
Now I find that there are hardly any currawongs around to be seen, and
only hear the occasional one calling, not every day.
Where have all the Pied Currawongs gone?
I have also seen references to Pied Currawongs flocking.
HANZAB VOL 7 will be a great help here, when it is finally published!
Any light on the matter of "possible disappearance" from the Northern
beaches areas of Sydney closer to the city, and on flocking, would be
appreciated.
Jack Shapiro
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