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Hi all,
Over the last few weeks I've heard a more
musical bird than the usual Red and Little Wattlebird outside my house, but
never able to get binoculars and me together at the right time. Yesterday
this call was coming from just outside my dining area window while having lunch,
so I finally got the binocularws out and satisfied my hunch - a Spiny-cheeked
Honeyeater - in an urban Cowes garden environment in the middle of Winter! The
only other places I have seen these birds are in arid places like Ned's Corner
and Lake Mungo! I have seen them occasionally on Phillip Island, but in
spring or summer. Can't this bird bird read the gude books of
where to go in Winter. Cowes is a great holiday destination, but most
humans visit in warmer times too. What's gone wrong?
Elizabeth Shaw
Phillip Island,
Victoria (in
the middle of a fairly cold, wet winter)
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