re: Red-backed Kingfisher and White-browed Babbler at The You Yangs, Victoria

[Lawrie Conole <>]

I seem to recall that White-browed Babblers used to occur in the 
Brisbane Ranges as a breeding resident in the 19th century.  I seem to 
recall some White-browed Babbler records from the You Yangs in the 
1960s, which were regarded then as unreliable (Grey-crowned Babblers 
held on around the You Yangs into the late 1950s - early 1960s before 
becoming locally extinct around Geelong).  You can see the BR from the 
You Yangs (and /vice versa/) - they're not far apart. 

I find it extraordinary that such a scrub loving bird could fly as a 
group down from central Victoria where the nearest known resident 
populations are!!! ... maybe they've been hanging on somewhere down 
south all this time, making the odd foray into birders' fields of view?
--
Lawrie Conole
28 Reid Street
Northcote 3070
lconole[at]gmail.com
03 9410 9384
0419 588 993

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