Birdwatching and lots of fun

["Philip Veerman" <>]

I would say finding "Five White-eared Honeyeaters" together in one tree is pretty unusual. They usually like to keep fairly apart. There appears to be this widespread "urban myth" that the Peregrine Falcon is not an Australian native. Maybe because it is so well known in Europe. Strange really, I have encountered the myth as that it is an introduced species (not correct) but not come across denials about its occurrence here. Even stranger to deny it when looking at them. They don't look like anything else. Perhaps you should have shown him Stephen Debus's field guide, The Birds of Prey of Australia. Oh well, one day mature-age gentleman bushwalker / Narky old tart will become enlightened.

 

 

Philip