Yesterday (Saturday 5 April), I was at West Macgregor (where building of the
new Brindabella suburb is now well underway) from 10am - 11am and YFHEs were
constantly passing overhead in small flocks. Hundreds, if not thousands, of
birds must have been involved. I alao noted small groups passing over my
backyard in Macquarie on Saturday afternoon.
Today (Sunday 6 April) at Jerrabomberra Wetlands, YFHEs were also passing
through, but in much smaller numbers (a few dozen or so). Other migrants seen
were an Olive-backed Oriole (very vocal and indulging in a lot of mimicry), a
female Satin Flycatcher (fairly certain it was Satin rather than Leaden),
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo, Rufous Whistler, plus the usual ducks, etc (14
Blue-bills). Only raptors were a Whistling Kite and a Brown Goshawk.
Regards
Frank Antram
-----Original message-----
From: "Lindsay Hansch"
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:08:01 +1000
To: "COG-L"
Subject: Honeyeaters
> Honeyeaters began passing over Jerrabomberra at 10am (EST) and numbers for
> the first hour have been greater than yesterday with larger flock sizes and
> more frequent. In fact there have been honeyeaters in sight for most of
> that time.
>
>
>
> Lindsay Hansch
>
>
>
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