The autumn honeyeater migration continues in good numbers here in
Katoomba, and this morning is nothing short of phenomenal! I did a
count from 0945 to 1000 and in those 15 minutes, 1815 honeyeaters
flew over my street, amounting to a rate of 7260 birds per hour
(bph). Only once before have I counted a migration rate greater than
this (7500 bph over my house on 1st May 2002).
These were nearly all Yellow-faced and White-naped but interestingly,
a few Eastern Spinebills appeared to be flying with them. They'd been
flying over at a similar rate since about 8.00am and have only just
started slowing down a little, around 10.30am. Altogether I would
estimate around 20,000 honeyeaters to have flown over my street this
morning.
Katoomba is in the upper Blue Mountains, 100km west of Sydney.
cheers
Carol
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