The Yellow-faced Honeyeaters and Silvereyes have indeed been
migrating steadily through Katoomba during the past week or so of
rain and heavy fog. Tom asked: "how bad does the weather have to be
before the migrants "park up" and wait for better conditions?"
Usually I see very little migration on overcast or rainy days but
this season has been an exception. I guess in a season with as many
rainy days as we're having, there's not a lot of opportunity for them
to fly in better conditions. I reckon the next fine day (whenever
that might be) we'll see huge numbers going over, as there were last
Friday week (11th April).
Cheers,
Carol
At 10:16 PM +1000 22/4/08, Tom and Mandy Wilson wrote:
Hi all
Following on from Richard Nowotny's note from Sunday where he
observed lots of Yellow Faced Honeyeaters, I spent the weekend in
Katoomba (Blue Mts West of Sydney) with friends. (It wasn't a
birding trip, but you know how it is - just can't help seeing birds
if they're there!).
Despite the mostly miserable conditions (Katoomba was encased in
cloud/fog and rain of varying intensity for much of our visit), the
migration of honeyeaters and silvereyes continued - on Sunday
morning plenty of Yellow faced honeyeaters and silvereyes were
heard, and a few seen passing over the garden of the house were were
staying in.
On Monday morning, peering onto the mist at Govetts Leap, when the
visibility was about 10 metres, a cloud of honeyeaters shot past -
about 30 birds I reckon. I heard others coming through as well.
I would have thought the conditions would have caused a "fall" of
migrants, but they seemed to be ploughing on northwards. It made me
wonder - how bad does the weather have to be before the migrants
"park up" and wait for better conditions?
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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