Nice one Peter, this is a great find, maybe the 3rd ACT
record? Alastair Smith told me he had found the bird in the same place
yesterday, so I popped out early this am to see if I could find it. I saw it
within minutes of getting to the creek. Was actively feeding at Paterson’s
Curse flowers, sometimes from a perch on a convenient piece of fence wire, but
mostly by hovering. I watched it for 10 minutes or more as it fed on both sides
of the creek.
I accessed the site from Cannan Crescent, MacGregor. Go
right at the roundabout (where it says road closed) and park at the locked
gate. Jump the gate and walk up the road, over another locked gate, past the
Old Sewage Works, then straight down towards the creek. Look in the masses
of Paterson’s Curse flowers along the banks of the creek.
On the way home stopped at Lake Ginninderra at the McDermott Place
carpark – there was a Black-tailed Native-hen wandering around on the
nearby beach with 20 or so Coots and Wood Ducks.
cheers
Steve
From: Peter Christian
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Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2009 3:26 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Black Honeyeater - Ginninderra Creek
Dear All,
A male Black Honeyeater this morning feeding on Patterson's Curse along
Ginninderra creek below the old Macgregor sewage works - coming from the Dunlop
end between the second chimney and where the creek bends sharply to the south
(left) it was on the far bank. Watched through the scope for about 15 minutes
all up and was working slowly upstream when I last saw it.
Regards
Peter Christian
PS White-browed Woodswallows and Masked's also in the area and 2 Whiskered
Terns at West Belco Pond yesterday morning.
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