For the record, the WFHE was well seen between about 1.15pm and 1.45pm by
several people including Marnix, Yarden, Steve and myself. After a
cumulative total of about 5 hours' watching yesterday and today, it was a
relief to finally be able to watch it for minutes at a time. Still in the
same area around the grassy knoll near the Fulica hide. Walking back to
my car at the Kingston entrance at 2pm, I found the bird again - it flew
in front of me from a clump of eucalypts on the railway side of the path
and into some dense eucalypts. It then flew back to the tall willows near
the grassy knoll.
It's been a good week...and there's still the weekend to come :)
Regards
Frank
> Why not go for broke? Western spinebill?
>
> I'm very pleased that I got a couple of satisfactory looks at the
> White-fronted honeyeater this morning - after waiting for 2hrs 15 for it
> to
> be seen by Milburn and then another 10 - 15 minutes for it to stop
> skulking
> in the canopy. It was in the small flowering gum (Euc. leucoxylon on the
> Western side of the grassy knoll.
>
> Martin
>
> Martin
>
>
> On 6/22/07, Overs, Anthony (REPS) <> wrote:
>>
>> We expected to see Striped Honeyeater or maybe Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
>> (both species <150km away) before White-fronted (a mallee bird >400km
>> away).
>>
>>
>>
>> At this rate we'll have Grey Honeyeaters on GBS charts!
>>
>>
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* Leo Berzins
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 21 June 2007 6:50 PM
>> *Cc:*
>> *Subject:* Re: [canberrabirds] White-fronted Honeyeater at Jerra
>> Wetlands
>>
>>
>>
>> Any guesses as to what rarity will be next to turn up in these
>> drought-ravaged times?
>>
>>
>>
>> Given the amount of twitchers out looking for honeyeaters at the moment,
>> whatever it is, it will surely have a lot less chance than normal to
>> slip
>> through unnoticed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Leo.
>>
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