Today was Honeyeater Day + at Jerrabomberra. Flocks
started passing over our house at 11am and were almost continuous until
2pm. They slackened off a bit from there but with regular flocks passing
until 4:40pm with the last passing over at 6:26pm. In all I estimate
numbers, based on flock size (50-80 birds with the largest at about 200) and
frequency, at between 10-12,000 birds. Most were Yellow-faced
Honeyeaters. I did see one Fuscous HE, three Noisy Friarbirds and two
small groups of Double-barred Finches traveling with the YFHE. There was
also a Collared Sparrowhawk harassing the flocks but I did not see it catch
anything. Yesterday was relatively quiet with nothing doing until 1pm and
then only irregular flocks passing through.
Lindsay Hansch
