Hi all,
After several months of almost no honeyeater activity in the Capertee
Valley, things are starting to look better. The Needle-leaf Mistletoe
along the river is flowering and White-plumed, Fuscous and
Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters have returned. Last weekend at Coco Creek I
heard a single Crescent Honeyeater, which is unusual for the
Capertee, while at Glenowlan Bridge there was a Blue-faced Honeyeater
and a Spiny-cheeked in the same spot it was regularly seen last
spring. I searched for Regents with no luck, but they could turn up
any day now.
Up in the Blue Mountains we're experiencing a small influx of
White-plumed Honeyeaters. This is not normally a bird of the
mountains, but over the last few weeks there have been a handful of
records, the latest being one or two at Mt York on Friday. We also
saw a Fuscous at the same place the next day.
Mt York is quite a hotspot at the moment with Red-browed Treecreepers
everywhere, Scarlet Robins, Buff-rumped Thornbills, lyrebirds and one
of my best ever views of a pair of Spotted Quail-thrush, pecking
around on the road surface for so long that we got tired of watching
them!
Cheers,
Carol
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Carol Probets
Guided birding in the Blue Mountains & Capertee Valley
PO Box 330
Katoomba NSW 2780
Web: http://www.bmbirding.com.au
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