At 09:05 AM 3/6/98 +0800, you wrote:
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>John Leonard wrote :
>>In the back-yard this morning I saw a flock of
>>about 30 Spotted Pardalotes, nearly all of which
>>were very young birds. There were also a couple of
>>adults and a few Striateds (adults and juveniles).
>>I've never seen such a large number of Spotted
>>together before, and I've never seen a 'nursery
>>flock' before either. Has anyone seen anything
>>similar to this?
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>A few times I have seen large flocks of Striated Pardalotes in the south
>west of Western Australia. On one occasion (from memory on a tour by Simon
>Nevill in April/May 1997?) I was at Dryandra State Forest near Narrogin
>(about 2 hours SE of Perth). Light drizzle began. A dead wandoo became
>alive with birds. They were all Striated Pardalotes fanning their wings to
>wash. There were at least 50 in the one tree. I didn't notice whether
>they were adults or juveniles.
>
>Frank
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>
> These comments reminded me of last Nov./Dec. when I saw about 80 New
Holland Honeyeaters in a feeding (?) frenzy. They were all calling loudly
as they
chased each other and fed in the numerous Grevillia spp. were had in our
backyard.
They were a mixture of adults and juveniles.
Peter.
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Peter Pfeiffer
Dept. of Chemistry
Flinders University of South Australia
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide SA 5001
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