Pied and Black Honeyeaters were also present in good numbers at Round Hill
three weeks ago. The attraction for them was the profusion of flowering
Eremophila longifolia in the Whoey Tank area.
Leo.
Hi
all
At the 125th banding trip to Richard Allen's Weddin Mtn site near
Grenfell over the weekend of 19-21 October 2012, we were lucky enough to be inundated by Black
Honeyeaters and also had a pair of Pied Honeyeaters.
These are typically more inland birds. It is definitely
the first time Pied Honeyeaters have been seen there by the banding team, and I
think probably the first for Black Honeyeaters as
well.
The Black Honeyeaters were concentrated around a creek
line and adjacent more open areas, feeding mainly on the flowering ironbark and
White Box, though I did also watch a female manipulate and finally swallow a
small green damselfly. We banded 31 of these little gems, of both sexes (15
males, 15 females and 1 immature). Not one of them was retrapped over the
weekend so there must have been a LOT of them about, possibly moving through.
The Pied Honeyeaters were in the same area and we managed to trap and band
both. Beautiful bird and a lifer
for all four of us who were there!
Will be worth keeping an eye out for such inland
species in Canberra over the coming season.
Cheers,
Harvey
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