I must add that these birds were flying north
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On 09/05/2013, at 10:17 AM, Bob Moffatt <> wrote:
> Thought I should report my recent exp with this species; many hundreds
> possibly thousands calling from really high (not visible) even with cursory
> use of bins but calls very distinctive - birds calling for at least 20 mins
> on 30th April over south Lismore
> Regards
> Bob moffatt
>
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>
> On 09/05/2013, at 9:29 AM, martin cachard <> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dom,
>> I would hazard to guess that the increased numbers of Rainbow Bee-eaters
>> around Cairns would be due to probably 2 things...
>>
>> Firstly there are many birds from more southern parts of the country that
>> regularly winter up here that would be arriving the past month or so, & this
>> combined with very many young first year birds that we see up here en-masse
>> after summer, could probably be just 2 reasons why you are seeing more birds
>> than normal.
>> The dune scrubs along the Northern Beaches suburbs of Cairns (Yorkey's Knob
>> is one of these for those reading not from the area) are a major breeding
>> area for the species, with a great deal of the birds burrowing into very
>> flat sandy ground behind the beaches - indeed many nest on nature strips in
>> the streets one or 2 blocks back from the beaches!!
>>
>> We are very fortunate to have such a beautiful species up here in such
>> numbers in out streets!!
>>
>> Cheers for now,
>> Martin Cachard
>> Cairns
>>
>>
>>> From:
>>> To: ;
>>> Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 19:32:26 +1000
>>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Bee-eaters
>>>
>>> Dominic,
>>> The largest flock I've ever seen was only 30 birds, and that
>>> was over 20 years ago in SA.
>>> But a couple of folk attending last Saturday's outing of
>>> BirdLife Sunshine Coast reported seeing a flock of around 200 Rainbow
>>> Bee-eaters at Dulong, a few kms west of Nambour,
>>> in the previous week.
>>>
>>> Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ
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