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Rainbow Bee-eaters that I have encountered while fishing in the Torres
Strait give a beautiful "breet...breet" call as they glide about a metre
above the water surface. Size of flocks varies from about 15 up to 200+.
As the birds are travelling in a southerly direction do they have a
different call to the one adopted for the northern trip
"pirr-pirr-pirr..." Does this count for the list of birds seen while
fishing, on holidays, relaxing or enjoying myself? I love my holidays!
>From: "Carol Probets" <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: birding-aus Rainbow Bee-eaters Migrating
>Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 06:50:13 PST
>
>birding-aus
>
>
>I love autumn!
>
>On Friday afternoon I was in my garden and heard the distinctive
>'pirr-pirr-pirr...' of Rainbow Bee-eaters. Not at all a common sound in
>Katoomba! I looked up to see a flock of 8 flying north overhead.
>
>My house is under a migration route for all sorts of species. Soon I'll
>be watching the Yellow-faced and White-naped Honeyeaters in their
>thousands. The Silvereyes are already on the move, and as usual can be
>heard in the early hours of the morning, a few hours before dawn.
>
>Cheers,
>Carol.
>
>
>Carol Probets
>Katoomba NSW
>(100km west of Sydney)
>
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Jon Wren
PO Box 868
Bowen
Queensland
Australia 4805 Phone 07 4786 2614H or
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