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Grey Fantail movements (se Aust.)

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Subject: Grey Fantail movements (se Aust.)
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:22:16 +1100
There is more information on this sort of thing, although from Canberra,
rather than Melbourne, in my book "Canberra Birds: A Report on the first
21 years of the Garden Bird Survey". I always say I wish Melbourne and
Sydney and everywhere else had started and continually maintained a
survey. Like we have done in Canberra since 1981 (and had someone
willing compile and publish out the results).

Philip Veerman
24 Castley Circuit
Kambah  ACT  2902
 
02 - 62314041

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In responses to Tony Marsh's query regarding Grey Fantails winter 
movements, I have the following information.

The recent Friends of French Island National Park (Victoria) trip turned

up literally dozens of fantails a few weeks ago on the island.  This was

the greatest number of fantails we had ever seen before and clearly was 
associated with the north movements of the species.

There's lots of detail on Grey Fantail movements in the Handbook of 
Australian New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) .. here's just some 
snippets

HANZAB (Vol. 7, p. 179) under 'Movements' for Grey Fantail:

'East Mainland Aust. & Tasmania. Partly resident and partly migratory 
throughout.  Strong evidence of N-S movement along whole east coast of 
Aust. and Tas. with birds moving N & W for autumn-winter and returning 
south to breeding range in spring-summer.  Within breeding range in Tas.
& 
eastern Aust. often considered partly resident, or recorded throughout 
year; in any one area, local populations may be wholly or partly
replaced 
or augmented, by migrants from elsewhere' in non-breeding months, also 
recorded much more widely than in summer ... '

Departure (p. 180)
'Leave on nth passage in Autumn, usually March-April from Tasmania and 
slightly later (April-May) from se mainland.'

'Population migrates across Bass Strait to winter in mainland se Aust.'

cheers, Martin


Martin O'Brien
Wildlife Biologist - Threatened Species & Communities Section
Department of Sustainability and Environment
2/8 Nicholson St.,
East Melbourne  3002
VICTORIA


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