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Yes, started to notice some YFH in my Scullin yard since last week, both during the day and evening. Today, at least a half dozen.
From: Canberrabirds <> on behalf of jandaholland--- via Canberrabirds <>
Sent: Monday, 31 March 2025 5:35 PM
To: 'Anthony Overs' <>; 'COGChat' <>
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] Honeyeaters and others in Hawker
Anthony, very interesting, from 14 March I’ve also had over 20 Yellow-faced Honeyeaters (YFHE) in my garden too, they did not seem too keen to move on though possibly doing so very slowly. Very unusual, in the past 10
years the best I’ve had is just a few flocks moving through during the autumn migration season. They have been very keen on one bird bath in particular, last Friday morning there was a very audible buzz around it and at least 15 YFHE were using it to drink
and bathe along with a mixed feeding flock (MFF) with at least 12 Spotted Pardalotes, which have also been unusually common in my garden this month (Christine D and others have also noticed them often being the major species in MFFs). Both seem to be present
in much lesser numbers after last Saturday’s rain.
Your Satin Bowerbird breeding record is also very interesting, I’ve also had an unusually loud begging dependent young in my garden for the past 2 weeks, much more advanced than the very recently fledged on I had in early
February. There has also been an influx of Noisy Friarbirds in my local area of Chapman, Rivett and Narrabundah Hill over the past month, after they had hardly been present over summer.
Jack Holland
From: Canberrabirds <>
On Behalf Of Anthony Overs via Canberrabirds
Sent: Monday, 31 March 2025 3:02 PM
To: COGChat <>
Subject: [Canberrabirds] Honeyeaters and others in Hawker
Hi all
For the last week or so, a group of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters has been loitering around Dungowan St in Hawker. I have seen a maximum of 13 birds at any one time, but I think there are more about. They seem to have settled in for a while
- they come to the bath often, particularly in the morning. Attached is a dodgy, cropped, iphone pic snapped through the front window.
The Satin Bowerbirds that reside across the street somewhere visit often. The female has raised two broods this season. She came over with a begging young bird in tow some time back in November. She has been visiting over the last two
weeks with two brand new juveniles. One of the local young males has finally reached his seventh year and recently moulted into his satin blue plumage, however, he has retained a few brown coverts in the wings and a single green feather on his face.
Still hearing Noisy Friarbirds every day. They moved into the suburb a few weeks ago, and a couple of birds have visited the bath a few times. They rarely venture into the suburb from the woodlands nearby, except in December when the grevillea robusta in the
street are in full bloom.
Last week I heard Rainbow Bee-eaters and an Olive-backed Oriole passing through.
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