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ANBG

To: "'Geoffrey Dabb'" <>, <>
Subject: ANBG
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 19:39:23 +1000
I don't recall having encountered many silent Crescent Honeyeaters.  I think they are normally noisy and with a very obvious sound. Then again, maybe I more typically seek them out from having first heard them, rather than seeing quiet ones.
 
Philip
 
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The many non-Canberran subscribers to this chatline might be puzzled by our seasonal preoccupation with the Australian National Botanic Gardens, which nestle on the lower slopes of Black Mountain, near the ever-optimistic Australian National University, and the recently again-ravaged CSIRO.   The attraction here is that during the relatively poor months for birds in this town (except for the cockatoos!!) the Gardens attract a suite of ‘altitudinal migrants’ down from the nearby hills.  Typical of these are Golden Whistlers and Rose Robins.  Another species, rather scarcer this year than usual , is the Crescent Honeyeater.  Based  on my own experience of a couple of visits a week, the Gardens have had less than the usual bird influx this May and June.   Yesterday I glimpsed a male Rose Robin and a couple of skulking Bassian Thrushes, both species I would expect to see in perhaps one  out of three 2-hour visits.   There was also a female Crescent Honeyeater  -  a silent participant in a loose mixed feeding flock with Brown Thornbills and Yellow Robins, among others.  There do seem to be a lot of children making use of the Gardens, perhaps the result of the milder weather, or perhaps the attraction of a new ‘Red Centre’ display which is adorned with a model of an oversize Thorny Devil, a cause of squeals of delight from the younger garden-user, and a popular spot for family snaps. Yesterday I heard the stern direction  ‘Wayne – get over closer to that thing with Nanna …’

 

   

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