There are resident and I presume breeding White-browed Scrubwrens either
side of Sydney Airport in Barton Park & Eastlakes Golf Course. At least
for Barton Park this is recolonisation (in scrubby regrowth) within the
last 2 decade s - Neil Rankin only reported 1 sighting in his surveys in
the 90s.
Andrew Taylor
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Stephen Ambrose <>
wrote:
> That's a great record, Robert. Scrubwrens are still quite widespread in
> suitably-vegetated areas along the banks of the Lane Cove River and its
> tributaries, but I regard the vegetated lining of the sandstone cliff at
> Woolwich Dock, near where the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers meet, as
> marginal habitat for them. We often marvel at how plants can colonise
> seemingly inhospitable areas (e.g. cliff-faces), but tend to forget that
> the
> early plant colonisers can also provide new opportunities for early bird
> colonists such as scrubwrens.
>
> Kind regards,
> Stephen
>
> Stephen Ambrose
> Ryde, NSW
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Robert Curran
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>
> Greetings all
>
> There is a resident population of Scrubwrens living in the vegetation
> lining
> the sandstone cliff into which Woolwich Dock is emplaced.
> (http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/visit/woolwich-dock-parklands)
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
> --
> Robert Curran
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