Mystery bird – Yellow-spotted honeyeater???

Hi Everyone,

Today I encountered a puzzling call as I was working in the mangroves of the Clyde river, in Nelligen, NSW. I heard a twi-twi-twi-twi etc (maybe 8-10 times??) that I thought was made by a yellow-spotted honeyeater (I have seen and heard the bird many times in FNQ earlier this year). All in all, I heard 4 series of call and each sound of the series was equally spaced and each series was rather stable (by this I mean not really going up or down). However, I never saw the bird as it was 30-40 away and we had to hit the road. When I got back to the car and listened to a few calls and though that it was very similar to the first YSH recording of the Morcombe (ipod version). However, I freaked when I saw the map (When I heard the bird I already thought “ah, I didn’t know they were going so much south”).

So here is the thing: I arrived in Australia a couple of months ago and I am not used to most calls. I am wondering which bird misled me, making me think I was dealing with a YSH. I would really appreciate your help with this!

Cheers,

Vivien ===============================

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