Re: Yellow-faced Honeyeaters Migrating

[Paul Taylor <>]

John Penhallurick wrote:
> In Belconnen, for the last few days, the air has been full of the "Quick!
> Quick!" contact call that the Yellow-faced Honeyeaters give in flight when
> migrating.  At my home in Fraser, due to some quirk of geography, they
> appear to heading south.  My guess is that they are heading for the
> Murrumbidgee.  But at the University of Canberra this morning, there were
> large numbers heading north.

I had a group of about fifteen YFHE's moving through Russell, ACT this
morning about 11:30am.  They seemed to be moving from Mount Pleasant
towards
Civic; I'd guess they are also heading north, perhaps choosing to go
around
rather than over Mount Ainslie.

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