At home with a mixed feeding flock

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Great photo Lindell, and an early urban arrival, usually not until late April/early May, perhaps due to the burnt out habitat in the mountains.  Regards  Jack Holland

 

From: Lindell <>
Sent: Sunday, 29 March 2020 4:37 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] At home with a mixed feeding flock

 

With all this extra time confined to home I have spent a lot of it sitting out in the garden with bins and camera close by. This afternoon in the course of about 20 minutes I was entertained first by 2 Green Satin Bowerbirds whurring and churring at each other, 2 very active Grey Fantails, 4 Eastern Spinebills chasing each other, a White-browed Scrubwren, a female Golden Whistler, a brown Thornbill and then there were the usual bigger birds, 3 Crested Pigeons , 5 of the dozen regular Magpies, 3 Pied Currawongs, 2 Magpie-larks and a Red Wattlebird. But right now, none of the usual Parrots, Rosellas, GangGangs or Lorrikeets.

And while all this was happening I was concentrating getting the lens on to this Crescent Honeyeater. He has been hanging out in the Callistemon and Grevillea in my back yard for a few days - a real treat for an inner southern suburb.

 

 Crescent Honeyeater Mawson.JPG

 

Lindell

Mawson ACT

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