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I am serious (and "flappergasted"). I went out to
go to my local shop at 1.30 and heard a bird call, looked around and my first
impression was something like a Crescent Honeyeater. But clearly not.
The most obvious thing was that it is brown and
striped only slightly yellow on wings, with a really clear dark throat and
strong demarcation from the striped breast, it was mostly whitish lores and
about the face and a very obvious grey oval over the ears. I rushed inside
grabbed my binoculars and found it again. I watched it from about 2 metres
unobscured but in dull light. I then went back inside grabbed my video
camera and got about 40 seconds of film of it. Terrible quality, due to
shakiness and poor light and hard to focus (I'm no Geoffrey Dabb). However it
was close up. As far as I know the bird is still about, though it is in the
front of my yard, which is the back (away from the street, as I am in a
battle-axe block).
I'm content to have people try their luck, I can't
vouch for the neighbours.
If anyone else has any ID suggestions apart from
White-fronted Honeyeater please let me
know.
Philip Veerman
24 Castley
Circuit
KAMBAH ACT 2902
Phone. 02 - 62314041
(M) 0411
716177
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