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Today's Honeyeater update

To: 'Martin Butterfield' <>, 'COG List' <>
Subject: Today's Honeyeater update
From: Barbara Allan <>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:35:23 +0000

They seem to have started early today. Small groups (3-8) of mainly YFHEs heading in a NE direction over Page from 7am. And a Scarlet Robin male in my GB site – the first in years. b

 

From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 9:19 AM
To: COG List
Subject: [canberrabirds] Today's Honeyeater update

 

All quiet at home but on our dog walk in the fog on Widgiewa Rd (7:45 -8:30) there were constant chip calls overhead and several flocks of birds were seen landing in, or flying from, low tree-tops.  The problem was that they appeared to be flying SW up from the Plain rather than the usual NE towards the Plain!  Were they disoriented by the fog ?

 

 

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