Hi Philip,
No calls were heard/recognised for the first 3 days, then a Noisy
Friarbird call was heard however I did not see the Regent actually make the
noise, nor did I see one that day. On Friday another Noisy call was heard
and this time I saw a Noisy make the call. My conclusion is that the Regent
might have made the call. The previous bird that was here on 17th March
definitely made Noisy Fb calls.
Also on Friday I observed the Regent at the birdbath for a couple of
minutes and it was making 'clucking' sounds or 'chatter' when it was
preening/drying. It made similar calls yesterday while sitting in a white
cedar, I think after a dip in a nearby garden pond.
It feeds for much of each day (starts early and finishes late), mostly in
3 branches high in the lemon-scented gum, only very occasionally in other
branches and I have seen it feeding in the leucoxylon on 3 occasions. I
have seen once it in an Ironbark which has some blossom but did not see it
feed although I assume that it would have.
It was last seen late today, the end of the 8th day of its visit.
Barry
Barry and Roberta McLean
PO Box 66, Violet Town, Vic 3669
03 57981213 0418584433
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