They have certainly been a lot more noticeable around home (Hoppers
Crossing, west of Melb) in the last month or so and there are plenty of
snails around for them - but where they have been during the long dry spell
is a bit of a mystery?
2008/12/17 Lawrie Conole <>
> Neville Pamment wrote:
>
> >While on this subject ... a couple of days ago there was a singing male
> Song
> >Thrush in a garden near us in Clifton Hill (5 km from Melbourne GPO). This
> >was the first I've seen or heard in the district for about 4 years, though
> >there may be a relict population. They were common until the late 1990s
> but
> >the drought and hot weather seems to have driven them out. The recent
> heavy
> >rain and cooler conditions in Melbourne (lots of snails) would be to their
> >liking.
>
>
> Whilst the wet weather might be to their liking, it is probably too late in
> the season to initiate a nesting event. Plenty of slugs around here, but
> very few snails yet.
>
> As Song Thrushes (and indeed nearly all other birds) are not Phoenixes and
> therefore not able to regenerate from the soil/ashes, I presume this bird
> had been lurking somewhere nearby most of the time - the rain might have
> been encouraging enough to start him singing again!!
>
> They haven't been very vocal in Northcote (a couple of km north) lately
> either, but definitely still here ...
>
>
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