Having written yesterday that the honeyeater migration had not yet
begun, the first Yellow-faced Honeyeaters started flying north over
my place this morning. I was out most of the morning but small groups
were going over when I returned around 11.00am.
Regarding the Noisy Friarbird discussion, I generally see flocks of
them flying north every autumn with the other honeyeaters. It
certainly looks like a regular migration pattern from here. In
addition, I reckon there are more Australian species with migratory
tendencies than are commonly realised. But as others have said, the
Australian conditions mean that the patterns can be very complex.
Living as I do along a fairly major migration route I get to see all
sorts of things moving along with the migrants at times during
autumn. Examples include Fuscous & Crescent Honeyeaters, Black-faced
Cuckoo-shrikes, Mistletoebirds and as I've often mentioned here,
quite large numbers of Spotted and Striated Pardalotes regularly
passing through as well as Red Wattlebirds and Noisy Friarbirds.
Cheers
Carol
Carol Probets
Katoomba
Blue Mountains NSW
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