Off-topic mystery

[Tamara Large <>]

 Hello there,

This site maybe of interest to you all.  A local birder (Del Richards) here
has worked with Gough Plastics to develop this bird island
<https://birdislandaustralia.com.au/>, which we have been trailing in
troughs.  I do not see why it would not work a pool?

Tamara

Regards,

Tamara' Large
Biodiversity Project Officer
NQ Dry Tropics
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On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Peter Shute <> wrote:

> Is the water level down a bit? Maybe they can't reach it from the edge now.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> >
> > 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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