Dear Mike and all
I have White-throated Gerygones calling in and near my back garden
throughout the year. The call at this time of year is a short version of
the spring/summer one - and I've had good sightings of the birds whilst
they are calling. I also used to think they migrated.
A quick email to let you know that I've updated my website again
(www.wildlifing.com). I actually did it a week or so ago and emailed
birding-aus a couple of times but the emails got blocked.
New photos that I've put up include Owls (Masked, Grass, Powerful,
Boobook), Tawny Frogmouth, Great Egret, Little Pied Cormorant, Noisy
Miner, Laughing Kookaburra, Greater Glider, Common Brushtail Possum,
Common Ringtail Possum and Litoria fallax.
I've also put up some photos of the Small Tongue Orchid (Cryptostylis
leptochila) and its pollinating ichneumonid wasp that goes by the
lovely name of Lissopimpla!
In the last week I've been working in the Singleton area (Hunter
Valley, NSW) and came across White throated Gerygones in three
different locations. Of the 119 NSW records that I have in my database
I've only once before had WTG in the months May, Jun or July, and that
was late July 1997, also in the Singleton area. I wonder whether they
are birds that didn't migrate or are early arrivals. Other interesting
birds during the week were Powerful Owl, Masked Owl, Barn Owl, Diamond
Firetail, Swift Parrot, Speckled Warbler and Grey-crowned Babbler.
Cheers,
Mick
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