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.
