>Can a South Australian please inform me where Penola is?
>
>I have an unconfirmed report of a Regent Honeyeater seen there
>recently.
>As it's been a number of decades since Regents were last seen in that
>state I'm reasonably confident it may have been a New Holland. Would
>anyone be able to get there if I provided them with a precise location?
Hi David
It's about half way between Mt Gambier and Naracoorte, a few km inside
the border from Victoria.
The SA folk could tell you that and more, but I thought I'd chip in.
The Yellow Gum woodland that goes across through there from Victoria
consistently shows up some of the rarer and edge of range box-ironbark
birds, eg. Black-chinned Honeyeater, etc. So whilst the record might be
erroneous, it would be somewhat consistent with the biogeographic trends
otherwise manifested around Penola. I think there are genuine old
records of Regents from around there too.
L.
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