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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