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White fronted honeyeater Minnippi

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Subject: White fronted honeyeater Minnippi
From: david taylor <>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 16:20:58 +1000
I saw the bird early this afternoon - was feeding in one of the low shrubs on 
the small track - took off and I wasnt able to relocate but a nice look all the 
same - unmistakeable - unlike any of the locals!   

Well done Colin on a great find.  

regards  

David Taylor



On 10/05/2011, at 3:50 PM, Col and Chris Fitzell wrote:

> I went to Minnippi wetlands yesterday in the rain with no success so after 
> seeing John Hammonds report I went there again this morning at about 10am.
> It was quite windy and after half an hour I was still searching. Then I was 
> alerted by a reasonably strong “Chip Chip “ call and the culprit turned out 
> to be the White fronted H/E
> I had excellent bins views for about 5 minutes in some reasonably low 
> flowering trees before the bird moved away. After another half hour or so it 
> was again feeding in some small melelauca flowers on the edge of the forest 
> area.
> If you do not know Minnippi then you should drive into the carpark,take the 
> concrete path to the south for about 400 metres. Then take the first concrete 
> path to the left and then veer left onto the mowed gas pipeline track. You 
> should see the metal box on a pole(no 269). The forested area to the east is 
> the likely area to search. I saw the bird on the edge of the mowed track 
> within 20 metres of the metal box and also just into the small track to the 
> east of the pipeline easement.  A great find and thanks to those who alerted 
> us to it.
> 
> Colin Fitzell
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