Regent Honeyeater???

[martin butterfield <>]

My memory of Regent HEs that turned up in the Belconnen Labour Club car park many years ago is that they were very keen on ironbark blossom.  

That being the case people who are birding in the vicinity of Campbell Park might wish to check out the flowering E. sideroxylon we spotted on Wednesday.  I think I have got the spot marked on the attached image: I'm using memory rather than a GPS reading so alternatively it might be a bit further along towards Mt Majura - the blossom is clearly visible from the firetrail.

Martin

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Christine Ledger <> wrote:

On Tuesday 2 August, we spotted a bird on Mt Majura that I am unfamiliar with. When I trawled through the field guide, the closest match I could find was the Regent Honeyeater. I know these are uncommon so am writing to ask if this would be possible at this time of year.

It was perched high in the tall dead tree on the the right of Blue Metal Road as you climb up the main track from the top of Grayson Street, Hackett. Its distinguishing features were black head with a hint of red and broad pale bar on wing/flank. Smaller than wattle bird. It was perched v. high.

If not a Regent Honeyeater, what would other candidates be?

Chris
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