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Last sunday (6th April) Field naturalists went on a
trip to Ingledene forest,Smiths Rd, to look for
honeyeaters.
We spent 1 1/2 hours (10:15 to 11:45) and during this
time I counted
~400 yellow faced honeyeaters, moving with purpose,
mainly in flocks of 10 to 30.
100 pardalotes generally in flocks of
7-20
about 10 silvereyes
about 6 white ears moving, but there were more
around.
There were no white napes moving, but we did see a few
around.
Weather was almost ideal
with a cool crisp morning and no clouds. However it actually got a bit too hot.
In contrast to general theory the flocks actually got bigger and
faster/more determined as it got hotter (up to
50).
So it looks good for the
COG walk on Sunday (to this same spot) and I encourage any interested people to
head along, as the honeyeater migration has definitely started.
Benj
Whitworth
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