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More Regent Honeyeater Sightings!

Dear Regent Honeyeater supporters,

I've just heard the wonderful news of 2 further Regent Honeyeater sightings in the Lurg Hills where I've been working for almost the past 17years.

The good rain last summer has produced an amazing quantity of flowers on the Ironbark trees this year, and that has attracted hordes of honeyeaters!! So it was really just a matter of time before someone spotted a Regent. The earliest sighting was during Easter, in a large bush area where the bird stayed for a week to feed on the Ironbark flowers.

So there are surely others out there in the hills, no doubt hiding from the more aggressive honeyeaters.

And that's where our long-term work to create denser habitat is really important, by giving these beautiful shy little birds the protection they need to get a fair share of the honey.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. These birds are so elegant!!

Ray Thomas.

9 May 2011

Photos courtesy of Chris Tzaros