Yellow-faced Honeyeaters

[Marnix Zwankhuizen <>]

Small flocks of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters were passing over Mt Franklin today (c. 1640m) from the east. Also, quite a few Flame Robins on the summit with an active pair fighting with their reflections in the side mirrors of several cars parked in the Mt Franklin car park.

Other highlights of a day spent in the ranges were vocal Crescent Honeyeaters and Eastern Spinebills along the Cotter River below Bendora Dam, an Eastern Whipbird heard further downstream, and a single Spotted Quail-thrush crossing the road just past Bulls Head.

Fan-tailed Cuckoos were calling everywhere.

Cheers

Marnix

On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

I normally rate our property as off the main migration route of the honeyeaters but over the past 2 days I have seen flocks of 30-50 birds flying along the routes indicated by the arrows

​The blue arrow is where I have seen them on the morning dog walk (~8am) and the red arrow somewhat later in the day (~1030).  The stream seems fairly constant with a flock about every 5 minutes which equates to somewhat over 1000 a day as a minimum count.  They just miss my GBS site.  There sometmes a few White-naped mixed in.

In terms of the Yellow-faced Honeyeaters it may be intersting to note that the first of the species to return here arrived in mid-August and judging by their singing have set up territories.  So the later birds just keep heading on.

Martin Butterfield

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