I hope you wonder what that subject is about......
It is said that we should not count our chickens before they hatch. This is
of course nothing more than an ancient metaphor for that you should
not fill in your GBS Chart until the end of the subject week.
On Thursday p.m. I was looking at my friendly local oft-reported
White-fronted Honeyeater (WFHO) and looked up to see large flock of Aust White
Ibis flying high over, in westwards direction. They seemed to be
making little progress with the wind blowing them back at about the same
speed as their advance. I guessed about 20. I went to get my binoculars and as
they spread out to a V formation allowing a count, it was clear there were at
least 40, which I put on my chart, thinking that was likely to be the only obs
of the species for the week. It also illustrated that first impression counts
can often be wrong.
Yesterday I was again looking at my friendly local oft-reported WFHO and then
went to hang up my washing. Whilst doing that, a large flock of Aust White Ibis
flew over heading east (flying with the wind). As I already had my binoculars
with me and they were spread out to in 2 V formations, it was fairly easy to
count them as something between 70 and 80. Hence my comment about
not filling in your GBS Chart until the end of the subject week. That
is the way I usually do it. I'll now need to make the 40 into a 75.
I'd just finished hanging up my washing and Evan Beaver (plus companion)
wandered down my driveway after arriving from Katoomba (NSW) to check out my
friendly local oft-reported WFHO. I took them to the front of the house and he
was still / again sitting on the same perch as ten minutes earlier.
He/she is here again today, through Sunday morning & afternoon, that is
now 38 days straight.
Philip
