Yellow-rumped Thornbills at Albert Park, Melbourne

["michael norris" <>]

Hi Val

"Yellow-rumped Thornbills (no longer breeding, gone?)" is one comment on 
changes in bird records at Albert Park since 1995. See "The Eco" newsletter 
article, based on work by Mary Ellen Talmage, at:
http://www.ecocentre.com/news_2006_08_August.html#APR

It also says "Golden Whistlers, Brown Thornbills, White-browed Scrubwren, 
(gone)".
One reason the declines is the removal of shrubberies in the 1990s, which I 
hope will be replaced in one way or another before long.  Other declines are 
more widespread: see my forthcoming article - if the EcoCentre publishes it.
The EcoCentre is a great resource for my region.  It is a community 
organisation which has a range of projects and programs (including one on 
Blue Wrens as indicator species).  It is based at the EcoHouse by St. Kilda 
Botanic Gardens - an old house that has been retrofitted to meet high 
sustainability standards.  The State Government is going to use their model 
to demonstrate retrofitting across Victoria.
Michael Norris