Sydney suburban sightings

[Susan Knowles <>]

We live in Eastwood in Sydney's northern suburbs.
This morning my husband called me to look at the bird feeder at which 
there was a  male Satin bowerbird.  This is the first time I have 
ever seen this bird here.
When I got to work he called me to say he had just seen an Eastern 
spinebill feeding in a very small grevillea.  The last time we saw 
this species was after the large bushfires (in 1994?) when Lane Cove 
River Park, not too far from us was badly burned.
We have also had a ringneck parrot, obviously an escapee around for a few days.

These certainly make a change from the usual noisy miners, common mynahs etc.
--
Susan Knowles

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