Here in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, whilst not as impressive as Carol's
counts in the Blue Mountains, and an order of magnitude smaller, I watched
groups of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters moving through from my balcony at
Waverley (just outside of Bondi Junction) on Sunday 23/4 and estimated
approximately 500 passing through in an hour.
Yes quite small compared with other areas, but there apepared to be more
than in other years, and in some years these movements appear to be absent
near my home (whilst still being prevalent in other parts of Sydney at the
same time), when only occasional birds may be seen in the cooler months.
They were generally in smaller groups of around 5-10, but several larger
groups of up to 45 were present. All flying east, and almost all groups
passing over the same tree. 100m away. White-naped Honeyeaters were present
as either a few individuals and one small gorup of 5 mixed with the YFHEs.
Also several small groups of Sileveryes passing in the same direction
Other birds seen from the balcony at the time included:
Australian Pelican
Great Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Darter
Noisy Miner
Red Wattlebird
Figbird
Spotted Pardalote
Rainbow Lorikeet
Common Mynah
Common Starling
New Holland Honeyeater
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Welcome swallow
Tree Martin
Feral pigeon
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Silver Gull
White Ibis
Peregrine Falcon
Cheers
Frank
Frank Hemmings
Curator
John T. Waterhouse Herbarium
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of New South Wales
UNSW SYDNEY 2052
AUSTRALIA
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