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Jayburd
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I've never heard of nightingales in Aus... I know we have Song Larks and skylarks....
Julian
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Birdwatcher and finch-keeper.
Feel free to check out my photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lewinsrail/
And my birding antics here: http://worthtwointhebushbirding.blogspot.com.au/
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jusdeb
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In the last one horse town I lived in ..no names but extra digits are a common phenomenon ,they referred to a certain bird that sang at night as Nightingales but I suspect it was Willy Wagtails singing late at night as they do.
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
David Brent
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mattymeischke
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I believe that nightingales were released around Melbourne in the 1830s by the "Naturalisation Society" and have since spread steadily north, east and west to fill available suitable habitat. They also introduced foxes, rabbits and sparrows to "reproduce the natural wonders of the English countryside" in this land of "degenerate and backward" species. They were first reported around Canberra about 8 years ago and have been in my area (just North of Canberra) for about five years.
I will post more extensively on this later (am at work) but for now I have one word: idiots!
The nightingales sing beautifully, though; I would keep them for that alone.
I will post more extensively on this later (am at work) but for now I have one word: idiots!
The nightingales sing beautifully, though; I would keep them for that alone.
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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mattymeischke
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Just checked online and elsewhere: I was confusing it with the Blackbird Turdus merula, which was introduced and has spread in the manner described.
Further self-correcting: the rabbit was first successfully released on the mainland by a Thomas Austin on his property 'Barwon Park' in Victoria in 1859 (source: wikipedia).
Apologies for bum steer; the old memory's not what it was....
Further self-correcting: the rabbit was first successfully released on the mainland by a Thomas Austin on his property 'Barwon Park' in Victoria in 1859 (source: wikipedia).
Apologies for bum steer; the old memory's not what it was....
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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Diane
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There are some figures of non native species released in the 1800's in the March 2011 newsletter but Nightingales didnt get a mention.
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Diane
The difference between Genius and Stupidity is, Genius has it’s limits
The difference between Genius and Stupidity is, Genius has it’s limits