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Honeyeater migration outing 10 April

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Subject: Honeyeater migration outing 10 April
From: (Nicki Taws)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:11:25 +1000
Sunday was a glorious day for the COG honeyeater migration outing, but I 
suspect the honeyeaters thought it was too summery. Just a bit too warm, too  
humid and a bit breezy.

At the counting site on Smiths Rd at the northern edge of Ingledene pines I had 
counted 1400 honeyeaters in 20 mins on Wed morning. On Sunday we counted 1200 
in 100 mins. The birds were not very confident about their direction, making 
several false starts and usually waiting for large numbers to build up before 
committing to crossing the open space. We saw several large groups of 200-300 
birds but there were large gaps between when no honeyeater moved. The vast 
majority were Yellow-faced, with occasional White-naped and a few White-eared 
and Eastern Spinebills.

-- 
Nicki Taws
6251 0303


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