Hi John/Tom,
Sorry should have been more clear.
Yes, I am in suburban Sydney (Como) and it is fairly dry at the moment, but not
significantly hotter/drier than other summers and birds have been coming to the
pool to drink every year without any fatalities.
What I want to know is how/why they are dying at the current rate. It’s like
Midsomer Murders around here at the moment.
Paul
From: Tom Wilson
Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2018 9:45 PM
To: Paul Doyle <>;
Subject: Off-topic mystery
Paul
no comment on where you are, but if in suburban Sydney, it’s been so dry they
may have been looking for a drink?
(As well as my bird bath, we have used some (cleaned) saucers for flower pots
and filled them with water to give the birds an alternative.)
Cheers
Tom Wilson
From: Paul Doyle
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 8:50 PM
To: <>
Subject: Off-topic mystery
Hi all,
Slightly off topic but hopefully someone can help.
I have a metal-framed vinyl swimming pool, 3m diameter that I set up for the
kids in the back yard every summer.
On Monday I found a dead Noisy Miner in the pool.
On Tuesday another.
Today, a dead kookaburra.
8 years or so with no drowned birds, then 3 in 3 days.
I cannot think of any plausible explanation for this expect coincidence. Any
ideas?
Paul.
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