Hi Graham and all,
For the past couple of weeks I've also had small numbers of restless
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters moving around over my place. Nothing like the huge
numbers I get flying over in autumn but nevertheless it struck me too as
rather early to be hearing that cheery contact call.
Carol Probets
Katoomba
Upper Blue Mountains
NSW
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On 10/2/01, Graham Turner wrote:
>G'day Birders,
>Earlier this year we had many reports of the first summer migrants and
>their arrival dates, now for the reverse. Yesterday I had what appears
>to be the first of the north-ward movements of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters
>over my back yard. This seems a little early, usually I don't see
>travelling YFHE's until about March, when hundreds, or even thousands of
>birds tree-hop across my yard.
>
>Maybe they know something we don't.
>
>Graham Turner,
>Blaxland,
>Lowe Blue Mountains
>
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