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Yellow-faced Honeyeaters migrating across upper Shoalhaven River

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Subject: Yellow-faced Honeyeaters migrating across upper Shoalhaven River
From: Muriel Brookield <>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:18:53 +1000
While early-rising COG members were counting honeyeaters migrating across the Murrumbidgee, I went about 70 kms further east to the upper Shoalhaven area.

By contrast to the Compstons' experience on Friday, at 11.30 on Sunday there were no migrating honeyeaters at Jerrabattgulla Creek. It was sunny, around 25 degrees, with a gentle breeze,

By noon, an occasional 3-4 were arriving among the small eucalypts on the crest to the east. At 1300 hrs groups of 10 - 20 Yellow-faced followed the crest (pasture on both sides) flying low through the tree tops, a few making short stops. Direction ESE.

At 1330 hrs all activity stopped. About 450 birds had gone through in 30 mins. The wind had picked up a little, so had the temperature. Plenty of small ground birds in the next hour, plus 15 Sitellas, but no more HEs, apart from the locals.

Muriel


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