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Odd bird at Orroral Valley

To: 'sandra henderson' <>, 'Cog line' <>
Subject: Odd bird at Orroral Valley
From: Philip Veerman <>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 08:03:07 +0000

I wouldn’t want to disappoint you with an unlikely alternative Sandra, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is one of the less often noted models that the Regent Honeyeater will mimic. So which would you rather have?

 

Philip

 

From: sandra henderson [
Sent: Tuesday, 8 January, 2019 4:33 PM
To: Cog line
Subject: [canberrabirds] Odd bird at Orroral Valley

 

This morning I was watching a family of Willie Wagtails at Orroral Valley (down the hill from the Nursery Swamp track carpark), when I heard a call that didn't belong. It was coming from large-ish honeyeater in silhouette  in a dead tree - sun right behind it, I could see no detail at all. It took off and flew straight across the valley. The call - spiny-cheeked honeyeater!  With no photo, no real description, I have not included bird in my eBird list, but I was sure about the call...  If you venture out that way keep eyes and ears open. 

 

Brush Cuckoos calling in several places, including a couple at Orroral Picnic  Area, a Shining Bronze Cuckoo at the Apollo Rd intersection, and a Horsfields Bronze Cuckoo at Glendale Depot. Very quiet Fuscous Honeyeaters near the gate at the Depot, a reliable spot for them. Sacred Kingfishers nesting at the Depot too, in usual tree. Male and female juvenile Scarlet Robins at Orroral Valley, also a pair of Brown Falcons.

 

Sandra H

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