No, not Singing, but definately Yellow-tufted.
Steve and I had a very good view of them and they where unmistakable.
Steve was able to take a photo.
David Richardson
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:07 PM, <> wrote:
> Very odd...sure they weren't singing honeyeaters?
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> [Birding-Aus] Western Treatment Plant Trip report - Yellow-tufted HE??
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> Further to Nick's WTP report,
>
> The "helpful fellow birders" being myself and David Richardson also saw 2
> Yellow-tufted Honey-eaters at WTP. We thought this unusual as we had only
> seen them previously in Eucalyptus forest (me, the Grampians) not in small
> shrubs by the sea??
>
> Comments please.
>
> PS the WTP is AWESOME!! For anyone who hasn't been there. Not sure about
> the
> guys fishing out the front though...
>
>
> Steve Potter
> Blackwood, South Australia
>
>
> Western Treatment Plant Trip report
> from [Nicholas Talbot
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> To: birding aus < >
> Subject: Western Treatment Plant Trip report
> From: Nicholas Talbot < >
> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:10:04 +1000
>
> Hi,
> I spent the morning out at the Western Treatment Plant (Werribee) today
> and
> managed to reach 80 species for the trip.
> The highlights were four Purple-crowned Lorikeet (in the trees near the
> end
> of
> Beach Road), a Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (just before the turn off to the
> hide),
> an Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle (near the Borrow Pits), two Flame
> Robin
> (both brown birds), White-winged Black-terns (many in breeding plumage -
> at
> Lake Borrie), Blue-billed Duck (in the ponds along the road to the hide)
> and
>
> two Wood Sandpiper (spotted by some helpful fellow birders not far from
> the
> river crossing).
> All the best,
> Nick
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