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yfhes and other matters

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Subject: yfhes and other matters
From: Elizabeth Compston <>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:58:34 +1000

About noon yesterday we were walking into Callum Brae from Mugga Lane when we saw about 10YHEs flying rapidly in an easterly direction, towards Lindsay's place. A friend reported migrating YFHEs flying over her house in Hughes at 5.30pm yesterday

On Friday we went to Warragandra, hoping to see the migrating birds. We did not see any, honeyeaters or wattle birds. Well, that is not quite true. As we were driving towards the corner of Jerrabattgulla Road and Hart's Road we saw 2 flocks of birds fly rapidly over; but we were not sure what they were. Maybe we did not stay around long enough, or maybe the migration through Warragandra is over. Or maybe it never was. No, the homestead owner reported them flying through on 2 occasions.

At Gundilion cemetery, which is an interesting place and which is very close to the entrance to Berlang campground and the Big Hole, where Con has just been, we saw white eared, white naped, fuscous feeding young and a solitary yellow faced, honeyeaters; also a grey shrike thrush, silver eyes, yellow thornbills, red wattle birds, and a female scarlet robin.

Did Con see any flocks of YFHEs flying across the Braidwood--Cooma Road?

Elizabeth





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