Is the water level down a bit? Maybe they can't reach it from the edge now.
Peter Shute
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> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
> Of Paul Doyle
> Sent: Friday, 16 February 2018 6:38 AM
> To: 'Tom Wilson' <>;
> aus.org; 'John Leonard' <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Off-topic mystery
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> 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 <>;
> aus.org
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] 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: [Birding-Aus] 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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