Another beautiful autumn day in the Blue Mountains and the honeyeater
migration is well and truly underway. This morning I had an added bonus
with a Crescent Honeyeater heard amongst the thousands of Yellow-faced
flying over my house. As usual, Spotted and Striated Pardalotes are moving
through as well, and the occasional flock of Red Wattlebirds.
As I was walking up to the shops after a particularly big wave of
honeyeaters had moved through, I caught sight of a fast flying raptor
disappearing over the treetops. It reappeared, circling higher and higher
over Katoomba. I didn't have my binoculars with me (damn, now I'll have to
start taking them to the shops with me) but I did see enough to suspect
that this was probably our local Peregrine eyeing off the smorgasbord of
small birds.
Cheers
Carol
Carol Probets
Katoomba, Blue Mountains NSW
100km west of Sydney
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