hey Tim,
really, a Pied Butcherbird in Northcote??
I'm sure you meant to type "Grey"!!
cheers :-))
martin cachard.
cairns
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> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 04:20:47 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
>
> Actually Pete - in terms of inner urban Melbourne - your observation isn't
> all that obvious. At this stage Pied Currawong are mainly limited to the
> eastern and northern suburbs of inner Melbourne, with the Docklands basically
> representing the dividing point of their Melbourne range. There are found in
> the west, at places such as Newport Lakes Park etc., but at this stage there
> not all that common (yet).
>
> By contrast though, where I live in Northcote, Pied Currawong is now a daily
> backyard birds. This, along with other 'native' species such as Little Raven,
> Australian Magpie, Pied Butcherbird, Noisy Miner, Crested Pigeon, Galah,
> Silver Gull, Welcome Swallow, Magpie Lark, Willie Wagtail, Red and Little
> Wattlebird, Red-rumped Parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet and, occasionally, Brown
> Thornbill, Spotted Pardalote, Musk, Little and Scaly-breasted Lorikeet,
> Little Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Pacific Black Duck (overhead),
> Australian Darter (high overhead), Peregrine, Australian Hobby and Tawny
> Frogmouth (had one in the garden last week). I even saw a Swift Parrot (next
> door at the pool) a few months ago. Not bad! Also had a Marbled Gecko in the
> garden a few days ago - you often hear them barking at night. In terms of
> native mammals I get Brushtail and Ringtail Possum, and Grey-headed Flying
> Fox. (I call them the "Northcote Big Three" when going for a walk at night
> :-) Northcote's version of the Serengeti "Big Five".)
>
> This is a far cry from the days (and it wasn't that long ago) when the only
> urban birds you'd see in places like Northcote or Brunswick were House
> Sparrow, European Starling, Spotted and Rock Dove, Common Myna and Eurasian
> Blackbird. For fun, sometimes, I walk out into my backyard and see how many
> native species I can see before I see an introduced species. I think my best
> is 7.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> Peter Shute
> Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 12:50 PM
> To: 'James Mustafa'; Paul Dodd
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
>
> Thanks everyone, it's sounds like it's surprising I haven't seen one here
> before. It just came back a second time, so it looks like it might be a
> regular now.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Mustafa
> > Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 11:54 AM
> > To: Paul Dodd
> > Cc: Janine Duffy; Peter Shute;
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands (Melbourne)
> >
> > I know they're regularly seen in the botanical gardens. Very common in
> > there now.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Paul Dodd <>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > I see them reasonably frequently in South Melbourne (Dorcas St, Moray
> > St and
> > Bank St) too. I would be surprised if they weren't in Docklands,
> > Albert
> > Park, Middle Park, Albert Park Lake and even in the Royal Botanical
> > Gardens
> > also.
> >
> > Paul Dodd
> > Docklands, Victoria
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Birding-Aus
> > On Behalf Of
> > Janine Duffy
> > Sent: Monday, 15 September 2014 10:20 AM
> > To: Peter Shute;
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pied Currawongs in Docklands
> > (Melbourne)
> >
> > Hi Peter
> > We've been seeing them on and off around Port Melbourne for a few
> > years
> > now. So I wouldn't be surprised if they are coming through
> > Docklands
> > as well.
> > Janine
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> > [5]Peter Shute
> > Monday, 15 September 2014 9:58 AM
> >
> > Last week I heard a Pied Currawong calling near the casuarina
> > plantation in Navigation Drive in Docklands, and just now one
> > landed on
> > the roof of the builidng opposite where I work.
> > I submitted a Birdline for last week's bird, but it was rejected
> > on the
> > grounds that PC sightings around the CBD are common now. Fair
> > enough,
> > especially as they've been regularly seen around the zoo for years
> > now,
> > but it was my first sighting of them in Docklands that I've had in
> > the
> > 6 years since we moved here.
> > I'm wondering if this is just part of a general spreading of their
> > range, or a sign that the trees in Docklands, most of which are
> > less
> > than 10 years old, are maturing to the point that they are now
> > attractive to them. Or possibly just that residents are now
> > feeding
> > them. Have others seen them in Docklands before?
> > Peter Shute
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