Re; Monarchs & Rufous Fantails.

["Greg & Val Clancy" <>]

Hi Rod,

I would be interested to know how far back your records of overwintering 
Rufous Fantails go.  Is it a recent phenomenon?  Unlike southern and central 
NSW Rufous Whistlers and White-throated Gerygones are present all year on 
the NSW North Coast, although some may migrate. Rufous Whistlers numbers 
have usually increased at Coutts Crossing during the autumn-winter but in 
the last 3 or 4 years they have been scarce.
Rainbow Bee-eaters are considered to over-winter north from Iluka, NSW.


Greg Clancy
Ecologist
Coutts Crossing
NSW