"Bozzers" - I love it!
You're right, Simon - I've been expecting to hear of Black and Scarlet
Honeyeaters together any moment... I'm suspecting somewhere like Eltham or
Warrandyte, but I guess we'll have to wait and see!
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
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Sent: Sunday, 7 February 2010 7:56 PM
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Subject: Unlikely bird combinations
Hi bozzers,
All the reports of Black Honeyeaters in southern Victoria this year, plus
the big influx of Scarlet Honeyeaters to the eastern part of the state, as
far across as Melbourne, has got me wondering when some lucky individual
might see the two species together in the same spot. As far as I know this
hasn't happened down here yet, happy to be corrected. Would be a lovely
sight.
The thought of it reminded me of a special moment birding on the Isles of
Scilly( UK) back in the 1980's when a Yellow-browed Warbler ( Asia ) and a
Blackpoll Warbler ( United States ) shared the same tree. One of those
bizarrre events that can happen in the Scilly season.
Interested to hear of any other unlikely combos, witnessed here, or
overseas. I guess there are many, when a rarity turns up a long way from
home, but I'm thinking particularly of moments when both birds seen are far
from their usual haunts.
Has anyone seen a Turquoise Parrot alongside a Scarlet-chested in Mt Isa ??
!,
And what would be the ultimate combo... ? Penguin meets Auk in the Torres
Strait !??
Simon Starr.
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