G’day all
How great it is to have learned of all these records spread all around our coastline. Thanks to everyone for responding to Jill’s call for records. I was the off-list person who asked Jill about other records of this Asian race – because they don’t seem to get reported all that often, I was curious as to where & when they’ve turned-up before…
I think that you could say that we have them here in Cairns as uncommon but regular visitors in very small numbers – I have only checked the Cairns Esplanade birds, so I strongly suspect other birds could visit our region as well. Since we first noticed them here a few years back on The Esplanade, the records for this site are: 3 in 2007, 4 in 2008, 3 in 2009, & 2 in 2010.
Let’s keep a look out next season for more of these lovely birds … on the coast & inland !!
Cheers for now
Martin Cachard Cairns 0428 782 808
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