Hi Keith et al
I believe Scarlet Honeyeaters regularly spend
the winter in Sydney on most if not all years (and sometime in good numbers), though
they are more numerous in summer when the paper barks etc are in blossom and
they sing beautifully. In winter I notice them when they usually just make a soft
tiss..tiss..tiss
call from the canopy where they are not obvious, and once learnt, you realise how more common they are. In winter you often find
them in the flowering Mugga Ironbarks, Spotted and
Forest Red Gums and the introduced red-flowering coral trees.
Edwin
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From:
[ On Behalf Of Keith Brandwood
Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2005 5:58 PM
To: birdingaus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] migrants
Hi everyone, I have three
Rufous Whistler's in my backyard two females and a male they
normally migrate north from Sydney about April. I have recorded a single
bird previously in winter but only once in the 30 years that I have birded
in this area, any one else seeing them in the Sydney area. There are also many
Scarlet Honeyeaters in the area and have been reported from other locations.
This species is not recorded normaly at this time of the year the main influx
arriving about September when the Bottle Brush begin to flower, although they
are recorded from the Royal Nat Park in winter on a number of occasions.
Could some one in Canberra contact
me as I have a Professor from overseas who is looking for a day or two out
birding in the Canberra area from the 17th July, he will be there for
6days. Reply direct thank you.
keith b the beautiful Hawkesbury
60km N/W of Sydney
