Philip's White-fronted HoneyeaterRe: [canberrabirds [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Julian's second photo gives detail that
enables me to age the individual as an adult bird of atleast 2 years (ie
2+) based on the pointed tip to allula.

cheers
Richard

Julian Robinson <>

11/07/2007 12:10 AM

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Subject	Re: [canberrabirds] Philip's White-fronted Honeyeater

I must have missed Owen by a whisker, having watched Philip's
bird at 1300 for 20 minutes, then again at 1510 for 45 minutes.  It
is remarkably faithful to that Grevillea and the large deciduous tree,
spending 98% of the time I was there in one or the other.  The remainder
of the time was mostly spent chasing other birds out of the Grevillea -
a Spinebill, several Silvereyes and two White-naped Honeyeaters.  I
heard it only twice, a peep and a double chirrup is as well as I can describe
them :(

It's a champion subject, both times appearing within a few minutes of the
start of my vigil at The Bush, and content to carry out a variety of bird
activities in front of the observer - mostly preening, feeding and chasing.

My short time there reinforced my view that I have a boring GBS site.  I've
never seen more than 19 species in a week at my place and I saw 16 in an
hour at Philip's front gate, including Bowerbirds, Grey Shrike-thrush,
4 kinds of parrots, a raptor and the honeyeaters.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/768994536/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozjulian/768995732/
 
Julian

At 03:32 PM 10/07/2007, Owen Holton wrote:
Philip's White-fronted Honeyeater was still there at 2.35pm
today.  As I reached the path it flew from 'the' grevillea to the
large deciduous tree in Hiles Place where it stayed for the 15 minutes
I was there.  No calling during this time.
 
Owen Holton.
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