G'day Greg,
When I used to visit my sister more regularly at Talle Heights in the
Tallebudgera valley during winter months, White-eared Monarch was reasonably
easy to find in scrub along creek lines and remnant patches like the Nichols
Scrub in the Carumbin Valley where they could be viewed on top of the forest
canopy from a cleared hill vantage point. They seem to be an altitudinal
migrant in that neck of the woods.
Cheers Jeff.
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Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2012 6:12 PM
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Subject: White-eared Monarch resident year-round
I found two pairs of White-eared Monarchs calling vigorously at Moy Pocket
in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. This was significant for two reasons. It
had long been suspected that like Spectacled and Black-faced Monarchs,
White-eared Monarch was a summer visitor to south-east Queensland and
north-east NSW. This latest observation confirms other reports indicating
that in fact it is a year-round resident.
At Moy Pocket, as elsewhere in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, the monarchs
reside in narrow strips of vegetation along watercourses, distant from
decent rainforest patches. The predominant tree in this watercourse
vegetation is the introduced Camphor laurel.
For more information see here: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/
Greg Roberts
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