The Capertee Valley continues to show good numbers of Regent
Honeyeaters. I was down there again on the weekend and we found
Regents at four sites that we visited, with at least eight at one
site including two birds copulating.
For anyone going down there, look in any area where there are White
Box in flower. (For those who are not botanically inclined, the White
Box are the eucalypts with a pale coloured rough fibrous bark,
sometimes with whitish blotches, spreading branches, and broad
greyish leaves. The flowers are whitish or cream coloured and quite
showy for a eucalypt. Sometimes a carpet of fallen flowers on the
ground below is a give-away.) Any information on sites and numbers
will be useful for the recovery project so please look in any spots
you can and report your sightings to David Geering
Other highlights from the weekend included a flock of about 20
Turquoise Parrots at Glenowlan Bridge, Southern Whitefaces along the
Glen Alice roadside, Red-browed Treecreepers and Hooded Robins behind
Oskar's Cottage, Musk Lorikeets near Port Macquarie Road, Little
Lorikeets everywhere, and a wintering Rufous Songlark at Coco Creek.
On my own land I had both Painted Button-quail and Stubble Quail
(though only brief glimpses of flushed birds), and early in the
morning, it was amazing to see a White Box full of Dusky Woodswallows
feeding on the nectar in every single flowering branch and managing
to keep the army of White-plumed, Fuscous, White-naped and
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters out for a short time.
Cheers
Carol
Carol Probets
Capertee Valley & Blue Mountains, NSW
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