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Re: Narrabundah Hill - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters on the move 9.30am

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Subject: Re: Narrabundah Hill - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters on the move 9.30am
From: "Jack & Andrea Holland" <>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 18:10:12 +1000
Thanks Jean, that seems to be the only migrating route in the local area these days, the maximum I’ve seen in my GBS (or anywhere else nearby for that matter) is two.
 
There seem to have been very few reports on honeyeater migration since before Easter, perhaps the nights haven’t been quite cold enough for the ideal conditions, but often by about now they think it’s time to get out of here anyway.  Has anyone been noticing sizable movement?
 
Jack Holland
 
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Subject: Narrabundah Hill - Yellow-faced Honeyeaters on the move 9.30am
 

At 9.30am large flock of approximately 150 YFHE, followed by 4 smaller groups of about 40 birds each, passed over the northern fence line of Narrabundah Hill from a north west direction (over the vicinity of Cotter Road bush fire brigade). Separately from this approx. 8 Red Wattlebirds appeared to be moving independently from the Hill towards Molongolo river.

 

From 8.30am to 9.55am there were many small birds, including 6 Scarlet Robin,  Brown and Buff-rumped Thornbill, 1 Spotted Pardalote, 4 Striated Pardalote, 3 Southern Whiteface, 2 DB Finch, Silvereye, White-throated Gerygone, plenty of Grey Fantails and Superb Wrens, and Weebill.  Only one Yellow-rumped Thornbill.

 

Grey Shrike-thrush after an apparent absence, 4 King Parrots, 4 Black-faced Cuckoo-shike and other more common birds up to 28 species.

Will do obs report

 

Jean

 

 

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