Quiet November Banding

Another quiet November Saturday. The temperature quickly rose past 30 degrees, heading for a maximum of 38, so banding was finished by 9am.

Two of the Silvereye retraps were first encountered in 2009 and in 2010. The Grey Fantail, Yellow-rumped Thornbill, New Holland Honeyeater and some Silvereyes were all first-year birds.

Juvenile Grey Fantail

Yellow-rumped Thornbill in first year.
Note the grey eye, dull spots on the forehead and contrast in colour between the old and new (growing) tail feathers.

 Some of us (mainly me) were kept entertained by a caterpillar doing a rather convincing imitation of a leaf petiole. The trick worked well when it was sitting on a stick, rather than the end of my finger!

Species - new (retrap)
Grey Fantail - 1
New Holland Honeyeater - 1
Pacific Black Duck - 1 (1)
Silvereye - 4 (4)
Willy Wagtail - (1)
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - 1
Total - 8 (6) = 14