Migrating Honeyeaters

[Denis Wilson <>]

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Re: Migrating Honeyeaters

Further to Julienne's note (below), Yellow-faced Honeyeaters have been trickling through Robertson over the last few days - in clear weather, making their "chip, chip" flight calls.  Small parties only, but the numbers do add up.

In all, a fairly typical pattern of Spring return migrating birds, passing over the local Cool Temperate Rainforest area (which is not suitable feeding habitat for them). 

No White-naped HEs heard so far this season.

There are lots of YFHEs making their classic "feeding" calls in the sandstone country, north of Robertson, at Kangaloon, in the Illawarra & southern Woronora Plateau floral habitat (lots of Banksias and Grevilleas in flower, under mainly Scribbly Gum and Stringybark forest).

I have not seen any parties of Red Wattlebirds this season.

Denis Wilson

Denis Wilson
"The Nature of Robertson"
www.peonyden.blogspot.com

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 5:52 PM, kamprad <> wrote:

I have just returned from 2 weeks away. Before I left there were a few YFHE moving into our area and one lot of 6 Red Wattlebirds definitely moving through in a migratory fashion

Today I saw several small groups of YFHE moving in a westerly direction towards Canberra. The largest group was about 15 at 4pm.

Cheers Julienne

Hoskinstown

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