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Hi All,
It has been really nice that many COGites have come
to visit this bird. More than have sent messages to the list. (so far). I knew
it was still here this morning when I could hear it calling, from my bed (as in
that is where I was) at 8.00 am. It stayed around all morning. It seems
to like to go somewhere else for about 15 minutes then comes back to my place.
Very likely there are a few other flowering shrubs or trees in the vicinity,
that I am not away of yet. So far I haven't had to wait for more than about 10
minutes on most visits outside the door to relocate it. It is obvious because it
calls nearly all the time especially as it arrives and there are very few
other honeyeaters about. It likes to perch in full view near the tops of the
small deciduous trees. I have hardly ever known a rare bird to be so easy
to find. I was away all afternoon, so don't know what happened then. My last bit
of video of it (using the tripod so is steady), is really good, although it
mostly just sits and looks around and preens and mostly fills the screen.
The only sad point is that the JW bird will appear
in the 2006-07 COG ABR in CBN and mine will need to wait a year for the 2007-08
COG ABR in CBN.
See my earlier message about how to get here. Some
of the neighbours were wondering why all the people with binoculars and cameras
were here.
Philip
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