denise moore wrote:
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> On 1st January 1998 Pat Bingham....sighted a Regent Honeyeater...[seen again
> on 6/1 at 1.30 pm]
I was there from 0800 to 1020 EST this morning but, apart from a
possible call at 0900, did not find the bird. Neither did I see any
other birders until 0940 when two who had been looking for 3 days
arrived.
Maybe I went at the wrong time. All the honeyeaters in the area (Bell
Miners, Red Wattlebirds and White-plumed HE) were feeding on gums
(mainly River Red Gums) when I arrived but I eventually saw some
Wattlebirds feeding amongst the wattles around 1015.
All the wattles seem to be Black Wattle and extend for about a mile in
an almost continuous belt about 20m in depth. An interesting (recently
planted?) habitat where there were Rufous Whistlers (3), Yellow
Thornbills (4), a Shining Bronze-cuckoo and Sacred Kingfishers
(3)amongst other species.
So a pleasant and interesting spot - and a relief to find that a posting
on this list does not result in a hoard of twitchers !
Michael Norris
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