The good news is that their numbers seem to be increasing. There is something wonderfully endearing about the raspy territorial calls of Restless Flycatchers . A pair of these feisty little birds are agitated by the re-appearance of the Brown Goshawk that was hanging about earlier. Together they buoyantly hover and flutter amongst the upper foliage, taking little diversions to dive-bomb the Goshawk. Choughs are intensely social birds, always found in extended family groups, looking after each other and their young, playing, squabbling and conversing.
Choughs are the goofy clowns of the bird world.
Choughs seem to manage it. A small flock of Rainbow Bee-eaters has been circling in the air above the tree tops for the last few minutes. A pair have now settled on a high branch overhead, while others continue to circle around, hawking for airborne insects. Morning It is well into the morning, and the day is warming up. The branches of trees and bushes become alive with small birds as a mixed flock moves through, fluttering noisily from bush to bush.