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Autumnal equinox(decreasing bird numbers) was "spring equinox (few birds

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Subject: Autumnal equinox(decreasing bird numbers) was "spring equinox (few birds)"
From: L&L Knight <>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:01:09 +1000
I had an autumn migrant in my backyard yesterday - a Rufous Fantail was flitting about in the vegetation chasing insects.

Always a nice sight as we don't get so many small bird species in the suburbs these days.

Regards, Laurie.

On 23/03/2009, at 8:45 AM, Alan Gillanders wrote:

Wim,
Thanks for your update.

Here in the tropics of the southern hemisphere things are a little different. We have not had the rain one would expect at this time of year though the season started well.

Many of our waders have already headed north to breed. Cuckoos are calling agian prior to their migration. In our garden in Yungaburra we have had visits from some of the birds which usually come in the dry months: Blue-faced Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Noisy Friarbird. A Pair of Brown Goshawks have been keeping the Sulpher- crested Cockies out of the passionfruit but not the lemons! Six Brolga were seen at Kairi last week but no Sarus Cranes yet.

Buff-banded Rails did not breed, to my knowledge, in our yard this year for the first time in over ten years. The local Bush Stone- curlews moved up the road to breed but were unsuccesful on their first attempt and are trying again.

Just one note of pedentry, while the times between sunrise and sunset might have been the same the world over, would you not have had more daylight hours as it gets dark very quickly in the tropics?

Regards,
Alan
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