alula and ageing of honeyeaters

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Hi All,

 

2 comments.

 

Thanks Richard for the explanation about the alula. The bit I would add is that the alula is the bird's thumb and is not as obscure as it might seem. The alula is perfectly obvious on every plucked chicken you have even seen. The feathers on the alula are although small, a distinct feather tract.

 

Mark's comment about the "Despite what some people are writing about this, and the White-fronted Honeyeater, neither are rare birds. They are both common species that happen to be vagrants in the ACT at present." This is a fair point, however I think every one understood any comments I made, to be taken as relevant to a context of geography. The White-fronted Honeyeater is rare in our region and by that I mean not just the COG area of concern but within several hundred km of the COG area of concern and to this habitat type. I am not interested in that the White-fronted Honeyeater occurred in Canberra and in the ACT. If I was in Queanbeyan over the border in NSW, the bird in my yard would be no less exciting. Other people may be interested in a bird for their ACT list but that doesn't interest me.

 

Philip