Swift Parrot & Regent Honeyeater National Survey 6-7 August 2005

["alan morris" <>]

As yet no Swift Parrots seen on the NSW Central Coast this weekend, and in 
the period Apr-August, there was only one sighting of two birds in early 
May. However just to the west of us in the Cessnock area of the Lower 
Hunter, Swift Parrots have been present feeding in flowering Spotted Gum 
during the same period. It seems that our flowering Spotted Gums, Forest Red 
Gums and Swamp Mahogany held no attractions for Regent Honeyeaters and Swift 
Parrots in 2005, although plenty of other  Honeyeaters and Lorikeets were 
present.
Alan Morris