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Mulligan's Flat: Painted Honeyeaters

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Subject: Mulligan's Flat: Painted Honeyeaters
From: milburn <>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:05:09 +1100
I was fortunate enough to see 2 male Painted Honeyeaters this morning at Mulligan's Flat, near the COG bird walk marker #5. Despite the windy conditions there was a lot of bird activity. I saw 3 Brush Cuckoos, 1 Horsefiled's and 2 Shining Bronze Cuckoos and a Pallid Cuckoo. There is clearly a lot of breeding activity at the moment.

In an interesting inter-species interaction a Buff-rumped Thornbill stole a white contour feather (presumably from a SC Cockatoo since Mulligan's Flat remains mostly a Corella-free zone) from a male Mistletoebird and then appeared to taunt the Mistletoebird with its prize. This continued for at least 10 minutes at which point my patience was exceeded and I did not witness the outcome of this impasse.

Milburn

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