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Yellow-faced Honeyeaters - whither?

To: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>, <>
Subject: Yellow-faced Honeyeaters - whither?
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 23:12:35 +1100
I tend to agree with Ian (below).
 
I would caution the discussion with a little recollection. It may help to revisit the event at which McComas Taylor in a talk to RAOU (maybe 1989?) about the (then in development or new) ACT bird atlas. He showed with maps how the Fuscous Honeyeater was mainly in the higher southern parts of the ACT in summer and mainly in the lower northern parts of the ACT in winter. This appeared to demonstrate a north-south migration. Of course it does not demonstrate any such thing. This becomes obvious on the basis that the ACT is not an island. The pattern could equally be explained as east-west migration or the more likely altitudinal migration, which I think was what he was actually intending, even though the graphic shown, made it look like north-south.
 
Philip   
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