What an interesting record Ryu. It could be the bird from JWNR. I have only
seen that bird when there was flowering, either euc or shrub (usually
grevillea, sometimes callistemon). Locally the NHH is usually found near
Grevillea. I was looking yesterday at JWNR and there is little flowering and
only the odd NHH. It is quite possible the bird has wandered, as it probably
has before, in search of food. However over the last 2 seasons breeding
activity has been at the same location at JWNR.
It is possible it is a different bird of related origin. It is not known
whether occasional reports of a WCH at ABNG are attributable to the Jerra bird.
I'll take a look at the weekend when the industrious students of Narrabundah
College are pursuing their studies at home. Of course it could turn up
anywhere there is suitable flowering.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryu Callaway <>
Sent: Monday, 23 July 2018 7:02 PM
To: COGChat <>
Subject: White-cheeked x New Holland HE hybrid Narrabundah
I have just observed what is almost certainly the well-known hybrid from
Jerrabomberra Wetlands feeding in a grevillea at Narrabundah College around
4:25pm. Perhaps it has finally decided to move on.
I'd gone to investigate an insistent unfamiliar single-note piping call when I
located the bird in a grevillea, and it subsequently did some scolding calls
for a while before quieting down. It was there for about 8 minutes (very vocal
for the first 3 and possibly before I came outside), moving around and feeding
quite a bit but very wary of my presence before I lost it and I was pretty sure
it had gone at the end. After it disappeared I tried playing the white-cheeked
call but it did not reply or return. The bird had the dark eye and the cheek
patch smaller than a white-cheeked but larger and extending further forwards
than a new Holland, with the distinctive white upwards flick below the eye like
the wetland's bird. It's 2.5kms as the bird flies from its usual haunt - not
sure if that would be within its usual daily movement range but as far as I
know the first recorded excursion for this bird which has been recorded at
Jerra fairly frequently for almost the past 3 years. I've never seen a New
Holland HE at Narrabundah College either.
I would certainly be very interested in further sightings either back at the
wetlands or elsewhere. Hopefully this won't be the last we see of this bird,
and it isn't on its way to a new home where it may never be found.
Ryu
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