This leads me on a train of thought, presumably this bird arrived at a
suitable patch of forest and stayed for a few days as it polished off
all the snails in the area.
In Canberra, and presumably other cities on the eastern seaboard, the
introduced Garden Snail is very common in well-established gardens.
Why don't Pittas take more of an advantage of what must be to them the
equivalent of a Double Whopper? Why don't we see more Pittas in
Sydney, Brisbane &c suburban areas (obviously not Canberra) on
migration, or even as breeders? I suppose there are too many cats and
dogs and not enough vegetation of the right structure....
John Leonard
2009/8/18 ninderry <>:
> On Coochiemudlo Island in Moreton Bay last week a noisy pitta was observed
> over two days in the front yard of the home of birder friend Kathy Haydon.
> The pitta had been in the same spot for at least five weeks - a tiny though
> well-bushed area. In that time, the bird did not venture from the
> rainforest-like vegetation into the adjacent wallum woodland. It is
> well-known that pittas in southeast Queensland leave the mountains to winter
> in the lowlands, but it was thought they were nomadic. This record indicates
> they will indeed spend some time in favoured spots.
>
> Also on the island was a male satin flycatcher, an uncommon species in
> southeast Queensland and unusually early, presumably on its way south.
>
> Greg Roberts
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