On a Field Nats field trip last year to Tallaganda, in probably March or
April, we saw many honeyeaters feeding on orangy/brown sap of an applebox.
Something I noticed at the time was that although white eared honeyeaters were
only perhaps 1% of honeyeater numbers in the area, they were the most common on
the sap.
At the Pinnacle, Hawker, on the weekend there were so many birds including a
mixed flock of perhaps 50 pardalotes, 2/3rds striated and 1/3 spotted. It is
amazing that such a small bird can make such a loud noise eating lerps- they
really should feed with their mouths closed. There are black faced cuckoo
shrikes year round at the pinnacle. I am sure I heard white winged choughs, but
couldn't locate them. This would be a first record for me at the Pinnacle.
I have seen pied currawongs chasing/intimidating grey currawongs about 5 times,
but not the other way around.
Perhaps Black fronted '???' should be called Black Fronted Plotters.
Benj Whitworth
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