My bike ride late this morning along Brindabella Road near Urriarra
homestead yielded only two small (10-20) groups of YF h/e on the move.
this was over the space of 80 minutes - so not a lot of activity
Wayne
On 18/03/2020 10:34 am, wrote:
> Thank you Alison, Philip, Nick and Lindsay, it points to signs of a slightly
> early start (compared with last year anyway) to the honeyeater migration
> season. Probably no surprise if much of their habitat has been burnt. The
> big question of course is how many will come through and how long it will
> last.
>
> So please keep a lookout, and also for the Noisy Friarbird, at least 6 came
> quickly through my garden yesterday after very few in my local area since New
> Year. Numbers of Red Wattlebirds have also been down compared with usual, as
> have those for the Striated Pardalote, so keep please an eye out for these
> partial migrants too.
>
> Jack Holland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alison Mackerras <>
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 6:11 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Movements
>
> I was at Narrabundah Hill this morning. One group of 50+ YFHEs came over
> while I was at the dam near the western boundary (the spot where we had
> hundreds if not thousands come over during Jack's April outing last year).
> Later as I returned along the northern edge another flock of perhaps 30.
>
> Alison
>
> On 17/3/20 5:18 pm, Philip Veerman wrote:
>> I had a flock of about 10 YFHE at home (Kambah) yesterday.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nick Payne
>> Sent: Tuesday, 17 March, 2020 4:55 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Movements
>>
>> I was cycling along Athllon Drive past the Tuggeranong town centre
>> yesterday, and several small flocks of YFHEs came past me while I was
>> waiting at the lights. Only a few dozen in all, though.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On 17/03/2020 3:58 pm, Lindsay Hansch wrote:
>>> I am currently camped at the Braidwood Showground, here doing some
>>> bushfire recovery work with Blazeaid. At 3:15 this afternoon a flock
>>> of around 300 honeyeaters passed overhead heading east. Has anyone
>>> sighted any movements over Canberra?
>>
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