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Hi Birders,
Graham Turner enquired about the possibility of a
Yellow-bellied Sunbird on the South Coast of NSW in respect to a possible
sighting near Kangaroo Valley. The situation is that there are only 3 records,
two of which could relate to the same bird, for NSW.
The first record was for a female Sunbird which
nested at Hawksnest in a garden and laid an egg, being present from November
1985 to January 1986, and was seen again at the same place in November 1986. The
record was well documented and no male bird was ever seen. At the same time
another or possible the same female was seen in a garden at Stroud on 10
December 1985, which is 35 km NW of Hawkesnest, both locations in the Hunter
Region.
From 24 November to 7 December 2000, another female
Sunbird was seen in a garden 15 km SW of Macksville, which is located in the NSW
North Coast Region.The normal distribution of the Sunbird in Australia is the
North-e4ast Coast of Queensland, south to about Rockhampton, which is a long way
north of three locations.
While anything can happen with birds, my suggestion
is that the bird seen could be a female or immature Scarlet
Honeyeater
Alan Morris
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