I recorded a pair of
Fuscous HEs along with a group of YFHEs and some Brown-headeds
(which are probably resident rather than migrating) at the
Pinnacle on March 30th. Haven't seen any others since, but past
experience suggests to me that migrating honeyeater flocks may
often include small numbers of Fuscous, which go unreported when
flying among YFHEs because they don't call particularly and are
similar to the YFHEs in size and shape.
John
On 21/04/13 9:45 PM, Jack & Andrea
Holland wrote:
I am surprised that no-one else has posted a report of
seeing honeyeater migration today, which as David points out
were probably the best conditions so far this autumn, or, as
would seem unlikely, was this an isolated migration with
most having already left Canberra?
Has anyone seen any Fuscous Honeyeaters moving through or
into your local patch?
Jack Holland
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 12:18 PM
Subject: [canberrabirds] Honeyeater
Migration over Wamboin
There has been a significant increase in
honeyeaters moving over our place in Wamboin this
morning, probably due to the first really cool
overnight temp we’ve had.
Several hundred to a thousand have flown over so
far, moving predominantly north-east, largest flock
about 100, with about 80% Yellow-faced and the
remainder White-naped, the first we’ve seen this
migration. Smaller groups of Yellow-faced and the odd
White-naped as well.
Also a flock of 17 Pied Currawongs flew over, and a
small group of Silvereyes.
David
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