We were certainly surprised to see the babblers there. I imagine that a
self-sustaining population of babblers would be much larger than the 4-5
birds we saw - but I can't see how such a population could effectively
"hide" so well from birders. That being said, we saw what we saw, and there
have been other sporadic sightings so either there is a population in the
vicinity, or groups or individuals must fly in from elsewhere. It will be
interesting to hear if anyone else encounters this group of birds in the
near future.
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Melbourne
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Lawrie Conole
Sent: Monday, 29 September 2008 6:32 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: re: Red-backed Kingfisher and White-browed Babbler at
The You Yangs, Victoria
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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