Hi all
Following on from Richard Nowotny's note from Sunday where he observed lots
of Yellow Faced Honeyeaters, I spent the weekend in Katoomba (Blue Mts West
of Sydney) with friends. (It wasn't a birding trip, but you know how it
is - just can't help seeing birds if they're there!).
Despite the mostly miserable conditions (Katoomba was encased in cloud/fog
and rain of varying intensity for much of our visit), the migration of
honeyeaters and silvereyes continued - on Sunday morning plenty of Yellow
faced honeyeaters and silvereyes were heard, and a few seen passing over the
garden of the house were were staying in.
On Monday morning, peering onto the mist at Govetts Leap, when the
visibility was about 10 metres, a cloud of honeyeaters shot past - about 30
birds I reckon. I heard others coming through as well.
I would have thought the conditions would have caused a "fall" of migrants,
but they seemed to be ploughing on northwards. It made me wonder - how bad
does the weather have to be before the migrants "park up" and wait for
better conditions?
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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