In my experience the WEHer is the local woodland bird most
likely to be attracted by a good omnidirectional squeak. My ranking:
1.
WEHer
2.
Ruf Whistler
3.
G Whistler/GST
Also, other honeyeaters, foxes, P Currawongs. Thornbills,
if nearby. Not so much in Canberra but elsewhere, butcherbirds and
feral cats.
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Friday, 1 May 2009 6:12 PM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Duskies and squeaking
This morning (May Day) I took myself across a foggy
Hoskinstown Plain towards Rossi for a Greening Australia Survey. Through
the murk I noticed several Gang-gangs diing in the hawthorns along Plains Road.
Once out of the fog, in beautiful downtown Hoskinstown, there were 6 Dusky
Woodswallows sitting on the power lines. No idea if they were vespaphagic
or not.
The third site on the property I survey is a snow gum remnant. There were
a few species in there so I tried squeaking to get them in closer. The immediate
reaction was by a White-eared Honeyeater (WEHE) which came quite close making a
lot of noise. I stopped squeaking and found that the noise from the WEHE
attracted White-browed Scrubwren, Brown-headed Honeyeater, Striated Thornbill,
Grey Shrike-thrush and Brown Thornbill within about 1 minute.
Martin
