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Definite Crescent Honeyeater in Florey

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Subject: Definite Crescent Honeyeater in Florey
From: "John Brannan via Canberrabirds " <>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 03:36:03 +0000
The Crescent Honeyeater was back just now, perched in clear view on a dead 
branch in the back garden. It was making a repeated “jik-jik” call and hawking 
for insects.

John Brannan

> I got a few quick glimpses of a bird rummaging round in our grevilleas 
> yesterday — a bit of yellow on the wings and a view of the breast with the 
> characteristic black crescents down each side of a grey breast (not the 
> white/fawn colour of a spinebill). I’d also heard an unfamiliar call in the 
> garden earlier, just a single harsh “jik” that matches the winter call of the 
> Crescent. Haven’t seen or heard it today, so I suspect it has already moved 
> on.
>
> John Brannan
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