chowchilla
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Seeing as this wasn't really working as a concept on the 'Garden List' (under 'Birds and Birding') without annoying people, I thought I'd post it here where I can annoy other people instead.
For the purposes of this list I have the self-imposed challenge of seeing what birds (and for a future thread, all living things) I see/hear on or from the city block on which I live in the city of Cairns.
My city block is roughly rectangular and is about half a kilometre by three quarters of a kilometre in extent. It contains my apartment, one in a block of nine, and a number of other apartments and houses. It also however contains lowland tropical rainforest, littoral forest, palm and paperbark swamp, grassland, fresh and salt water lakes, intertidal creeks, mangroves and mudflats. Without giving away my precise location, those familiar with Cairns will be able to work out pretty quickly the block on which I live.
The block lies about half a kilometre from the coast and the world famous Cairns Esplanade, and yet despite its proximity, I don't get more than a small fraction of the waders and other shore and pelagic birds one would reasonably expect on the 'Nade'. Nonetheless this city block does contain a terrific mosaic of habitats and does get quite a lot of short stayers, more often birds from the drier interior usually during late winter and early spring, but good stuff can and does turn up any time.
All comments welcome!
EDIT: I should perhaps point out that this is a 2014 list not a lifetime list.
For the purposes of this list I have the self-imposed challenge of seeing what birds (and for a future thread, all living things) I see/hear on or from the city block on which I live in the city of Cairns.
My city block is roughly rectangular and is about half a kilometre by three quarters of a kilometre in extent. It contains my apartment, one in a block of nine, and a number of other apartments and houses. It also however contains lowland tropical rainforest, littoral forest, palm and paperbark swamp, grassland, fresh and salt water lakes, intertidal creeks, mangroves and mudflats. Without giving away my precise location, those familiar with Cairns will be able to work out pretty quickly the block on which I live.
The block lies about half a kilometre from the coast and the world famous Cairns Esplanade, and yet despite its proximity, I don't get more than a small fraction of the waders and other shore and pelagic birds one would reasonably expect on the 'Nade'. Nonetheless this city block does contain a terrific mosaic of habitats and does get quite a lot of short stayers, more often birds from the drier interior usually during late winter and early spring, but good stuff can and does turn up any time.
All comments welcome!
EDIT: I should perhaps point out that this is a 2014 list not a lifetime list.
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