Hello birders,
The autumn migration of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters through the Blue
Mountains was a bit late getting started this year. The first birds
started coming through just over two weeks ago, but because the
weather hasn't been favourable, these amounted to not much more than
a trickle of birds. Often the first cold snap of autumn provides the
impetus for greater numbers to move, and after last week's cold
change, I've been waiting with bated breath!
This morning I spent an hour on Narrow Neck, south of Katoomba, and
for the first time this year they were flooding through in torrential
numbers, probably at a rate of several thousand an hour. I didn't do
a count, as I was busy recording their flight calls for our team of
counters to use as reference material. This year, for the first time
ever, members of Blue Mountains Bird Observers are doing regular
counts at 9 sites across the mid and upper Blue Mountains. We are
planning to continue these counts every autumn as part of the IBA
project.
Other birds on Narrow Neck this morning included Red-browed
Treecreeper, Rockwarbler, and a Kestrel hovering over the heathland.
It's my favourite time of year in the mountains.
Cheers
Carol
Carol Probets
Blue Mountains NSW
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