Micheal
Thanks for that. Yup it's definitely Grey! Must be the heat. If it's any
consolation the photo is labelled correctly, Red-whiskered Bulbul.
As to the mistletoe. I assume as it was on a Grey Box (maybe that's where
the Grey came from) it was one of the Box Mistletoes but I know little about
mistletoes. So I'll pass on the ID. Although I note after a quick Google
that there are papers in the literature on the pros and cons of mistletoes
and eucalypt die back . I'll have to read more.
Thanks
Chris
2010/1/9 michael norris <>
> Hi Chris
>
> Thanks for the link to your pics, including the RED-whiskered Bulbul.
>
> Interesting to see from the pics of the Regent HE feeding, as in an earlier
> report, on mistletoe (what species?).
>
> Down here in Bayside, with the drought, our mistletoes (Muellerina
> eucalyptoides) are having a hard time and in the last year mistletoebirds
> and Imperial Jezebel/White butterflies were very scarce.
>
> So it's a pity that some people are still trying to get rid of mistletoe
> from their gardens as a (very minor) threat to trees.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Michael Norris
> 37° 59' S 145° 0' E
>
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