From: Carol Probets <>
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Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Capertee Valley: sensational
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:27:04 +1000
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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