My most memorable sighting of birds bathing in wet leaves was one
stormy afternoon in November 2000, watching a congregation of 150
Regent Honeyeaters in the Capertee Valley (NSW). Seeing these
enigmatic birds flying in from all directions, hanging upside down in
the treetops, flapping in the dripping leaves and taking to the air
to wheel around in big flocks between downpours was one of the best
birding experiences I've ever had. This was the largest concentration
of Regents I've ever seen.
cheers
Carol
At 6:49 PM +1000 15/5/06, Michael Todd wrote:
Of interest was a group of Brown-headed Honeyeaters that was kicking
up quite a fuss in the canopy of eucalypts. There had been short
shower earlier in the morning and there was a light layer of water
still on the leaves. At first I thought they were gleaning lerp or
insects off the leaves and were doing it in an overly vigorous
fashion. After watching them for a while I came to the conclusion
that they were vigorously shaking and flapping their wings in
amongst the leaves having a kind of bath. There must have been about
30 birds.
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