Hi Tom
Good to see the Regent is still around as I know of a couple of people
heading out to look for it over the weekend. Also the list of other birds
sighted seems to be growing. A small point but I forgot to mention I also
photographed a Grey-whiskered Bulbul, which I have now added to the photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/cgregory123/NurragingyReserveSydney#.
Interesting you mention the banding on the Brown Honeyeater, which also
shows up on my photo. I noticed it at the time but I was more interested in
looking for coloured bands on the Regent but I saw none. The Brown HE also
interested me because, whilst a common HE, Pizzey puts its southern range
limit as Cronulla - P. Hacking. So the bird was very close to the edge of
its range. I know about the Regent HE banding project but who is banding a
common HE with ( I assume) a metal band. It's nearly impossible to ID any
band markings on a live bird in the field and the chances of coming across a
dead bird are almost zero.
So who is banding Brown HE's? Just as there is currently an excellent debate
about national databases - the flip side to this debate is you would think
there might be a national database for reporting banding sightings and its
whereabouts would be regularly promoted on birding sites like Birding-Aus.
Perhaps there is and I don't know about it. After all I am a bloke who until
recently thought WTNTs were just a peculiar obsession of this site and
Eremaea was a skin disease.
Anyway let me know if you get a reply as I do have other photos of the band
which might, with a bit of manipulation, reveal more detail if I know what
I'm looking for.
Chris Gregory
2010/1/8 Tom and Mandy Wilson <>
> Hi all
> the Regent HE was still there today at 1pm, mostly in the tree directly
> across the creek from where the bottle is jammed in the fence. It seemed to
> occasionally shift a little further back into the trees on the far side of
> the creek, but it also made one foray across the creek into Nurragingy
> Reserve itself.
> If anybody is planning a look over the weekend, Alistair McKeough's
> directions, included again below, worked just fine.
> Also there of note today several Scarlet Honeyeaters, the Brown Honeyeater
> and a Leaden Flycatcher. The Brown H/E has a single silver band on its
> right leg, if that is relevant to anybody - couldn't see any details.
> Also lots of Mistletoebirds, E Spinebills, Silvereyes, several E Yellow
> Robins and a few Rufous Whistlers.
> Cheers
> Tom Wilson
>
>>
>> The easiest way to the area it's been seen is to enter the reserve, park
>> at
>> "Kookaburra" and follow the educational walking path to the northern
>> perimiter of the park and follow the path along the fenceline until you
>> see
>> a spot where the fence is down. The bird was seen this morning about 15
>> metres further along the path. .
>>
>>
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