John and others
In the past dozen years or so we have had a couple of movements of
colour banded birds between Capertee and the Canberra region.
>From my hazy memory, the last record in the Canberra region was of
three birds on a private property near Sutton early last year.
Cheers
Anthony
On 9/22/08, John Leonard <> wrote:
> Fabulous sighting.
>
> You have to wonder where this bird is from. The last RH in the ACT was
> about 4-5 years ago. My understanding is that in the last ten years
> RHs have basically contracted to two populations: Capertee Valley
> (NSW) and Chiltern Forest (Vic). Do single bird commute between the
> two, or is there another population we don't know about somewhere
> nearer to the ACT?
>
> John Leonard
>
> 2008/9/21 Tobias Hayashi <>:
> > Hi all,
> > This afternoon at about 5pm I discovered a Regent Honeyeater at Cooleman
> > Ridge NR, west of Chapman. It was behaving like a Red Wattlebird, chasing
> > and being chased by 3-4 wattlebirds, and also attended by 3-4 Satin
> > Bowerbirds. It was calling exactly like a Red Wattlebird (the various
> > 'aggressive'/ territorial calls) except it was in Regent Honeyeater style
> > (ie, quieter, less harsh).
> > It was hanging around an area of regenerated wattles, about 2 metres high
> > and rather thick. It is on the right side of the path directly up from the
> > end of Freebody Place, Chapman, and past the gate. It was most often around
> > a large eucalypt further down the path, opposite the smallish 'turtle pond'
> > at the bottom of the path.
> > Attached is a poor quality photo taken in the failing light.
> > Cheers
> > Tobias
> >
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