It being a bit hard to sometimes know where is the location of the cheek or
the ear of a bird, the error is easy to understand. I suspect what David
really means by this subtle hint is to differentiate between the
description, proper name and identity of a bird. It being in Canberra, where
the White-cheeked Honeyeater does not exist and the White-eared Honeyeater
is common but both have white patches on the side of the head that are not
really so different. Maybe a less subtle and more helpful suggestion would
be to point out that the bird is very likely to be a White-eared Honeyeater
(birds' ears probably are just skin colour) which could reasonably correctly
be described as being a white cheeked honeyeater (in lower case parlance).
But surely not a White-cheeked Honeyeater (in upper case parlance).
On the other one. Most unlikely to be a Cicadabird at this time and place.
To help with this I point out a Cicadabird is small, nowhere near the size
of a Satin Bowerbird (70 grams compared to 220 grams), so they should not be
confused.
Philip
-----Original Message-----From: David McDonald (personal)
Sent: Sunday, 6 May 2012 2:22 PM To:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Birding
at the creek.
Sounds good Matt. Re the honeyeaters with white on their heads, was the
white part really on their cheeks, or perhaps on their ears? Regards - David
On 6/05/2012 1:45 PM, pardalote wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> Julian Teh and I went birding at Gininnderra Creek this morning. As it
> was Julian's first time there, I took him to the ponds in Dunlop. As
> predicted, the cygnets were with their mother, and decided to say
> hello to us. Exploration of a windbreak near the first pond resulted
> in some scarlet robins, fairy wrens, YR thornbills, white cheeked
> honeyeater and a boobook owl (being pestered by all of the above). On
> the way back home, a satin bowerbird/cicadabird thing-a-me flew up
> into a tree near the bridge between Latham and Macgregor. It didn't
> stay around long enough to be identified.
>
> All in all, even though it started off cold and foggy, we saw some
> nice birds.
>
> Matt.
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