canberrabirds

Regent Honeyeater

To: 'shorty' <>, 'COG Chat' <>
Subject: Regent Honeyeater
From: Philip Veerman <>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:33:50 +0000

Great. And lucky you. As you noted “It is hanging with a group of 3 Wattlebirds”, please note any sign of vocal mimicry. That is the situation it occurs in, although now is still a bit early in the year (most occurrences are during winter). As for the photo, still very good. By comparison, I would hate to publicly display again, my first ever - barely visible - photos of a Regent Honeyeater (in 1974), the one that started the discovery of the vocal mimicry phenomenon. Although I have taken lots of video since then…………

 

Philip

 

From: shorty [
Sent: Tuesday, 26 March, 2019 9:29 AM
To: COG Chat
Subject: [canberrabirds] Regent Honeyeater

 

Well you could knock me down with a feather. Just had one at my bird bath :)))))

Could only get shots through my dirty window as it took off when i went to the front door but it came back again. It is hanging with a group of 3 Wattlebirds but they have left now. Hope it comes back.

 

Shorty

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