But these have all been sightings on my morning dog walk around the streets,
not based on call Lawrie. They were certainly not visible for many months
and now I see them probably 3-4 times a week, so they must have gone
somewhere.
2008/12/17 Lawrie Conole <>
> A very unobtrusive bird when not singing - this feeds my general scepticism
> about reports of a precipitous decline in Song Thrush numbers in Melbourne
> during the past dry decade. Where have they been? Around ....
>
>
> 2008/12/17 Dave Torr <>
>
> 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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