I saw the bird early this afternoon - was feeding in one of the low shrubs on
the small track - took off and I wasnt able to relocate but a nice look all the
same - unmistakeable - unlike any of the locals!
Well done Colin on a great find.
regards
David Taylor
On 10/05/2011, at 3:50 PM, Col and Chris Fitzell wrote:
> I went to Minnippi wetlands yesterday in the rain with no success so after
> seeing John Hammonds report I went there again this morning at about 10am.
> It was quite windy and after half an hour I was still searching. Then I was
> alerted by a reasonably strong “Chip Chip “ call and the culprit turned out
> to be the White fronted H/E
> I had excellent bins views for about 5 minutes in some reasonably low
> flowering trees before the bird moved away. After another half hour or so it
> was again feeding in some small melelauca flowers on the edge of the forest
> area.
> If you do not know Minnippi then you should drive into the carpark,take the
> concrete path to the south for about 400 metres. Then take the first concrete
> path to the left and then veer left onto the mowed gas pipeline track. You
> should see the metal box on a pole(no 269). The forested area to the east is
> the likely area to search. I saw the bird on the edge of the mowed track
> within 20 metres of the metal box and also just into the small track to the
> east of the pipeline easement. A great find and thanks to those who alerted
> us to it.
>
> Colin Fitzell
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