Carol, what direction were they flying? There have been continuous flocks
flying around the western edge of Lake Macquarie (Toronto area) this
morning- flying SW. Far too many for the Noisy Miners to keep up their
harrassment!
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From:
On Behalf Of Carol Probets
Sent: Saturday, 22 April 2006 10:48 AM
To:
Subject: Over 7000 honeyeaters per hour
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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