Dear All,
As you can imagine, we hardly ever get Spangled Drongos in Tassie.
However, on the odd occasion that one does turn up, it is almost always
in Winter! The other common winter migrant is the Cattle Egret, which
turns up here in quite large numbers, but not in breeding plumage.
They return to the mainland for that.
John Tongue
Hobart
On Thursday, July 13, 2006, at 05:56 PM, Mick Roderick wrote:
Marty,
Although it is not Sydney, we have Drongo's in Newcastle only during
winter, presumably where some birds unusually spend their non-breeding
time. Most references I have seen say that birds south from around the
Nambucca area (Macksville, Namubucca Heads) are non-breeding winter
migrants. Some birds are recorded outside of these times - I remember
well, literally in the dying minutes of the 2002 Twitchathon (which is
at the end of October), there was a lone Drongo sitting on the TV
aerial of the wetlands centre, very much a bonus bird for those teams
finishing there that day (that noticed it!).
In the city of Newcastle they seem to occur in the leafy suburbs
where there are plenty of fig trees around.
Mick
wrote:
Just a quick question regarding Spangled Drongo's in Sydney. I
recently moved from the western suburbs (Penrith) to Panania
(Bankstown Area) and on the first day I saw a Spangled Drongo in my
street. Is this unusual for this area or for this time of year? I've
never noticed them in Sydney before.
Regards,
Marty.
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