Talk:Crescent honeyeater

message: *wow - must ref this soon. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: got it two years on...Casliber (talk · contribs) 15:08, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

message: Is perhaps one of the more important food plants here. Banksia_marginata#cite_note-Barker_1984-1 seems to support it but I don't have that book. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Funny you should bring this up. Was thinking today that marginata was a no-brainer and pondering on fetching a ref. Will do so tonight. Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:52, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, that's most banksias in its range...Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:39, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banksia Marginata 

message: *John G. Ewen, Kate L. Ciborowski, Rohan H. Clarke, Rebecca L. Boulton and Michael F. Clarke Evidence of extra-pair paternity in two socially monogamous Australian passerines: the Crescent Honeyeater and the Yellow-faced Honeyeater Emu 108(2) 133–137  http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU07040 Marj (talk) 08:23, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Added Marj (talk) 00:50, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: Schodde, Richard; Dickinson, Edward C., Steinheimer, Frank D., Bock, Walter J. (2010). "The Date of Latham’s Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici:1801 or 1802?". South Australian Ornithologist (Adelaide, S.A.: Birds SA) 35 (8): 231–235. ISSN 00382973.
After reading this I've been giving the date as 1801 Marj (talk) 04:43, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine by me. I've seen discussion on some of these early ones before...Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:16, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1801 or 1802? 

message: Okay, only found one extra tidbit not covered to date. Can't think of what else to do - I formatted the thing to death, may as well take the plunge....Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:52, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we have an edit war over the genus authority? Marj (talk) 18:18, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Snowman was doing something bot-related. We don't have genus authorities in non-monotypic genera so no drama. Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:56, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAC... 

message: In south-eastern Australia including Tasmania., the last two words are redundant. But I have found that this is rather complex. Australia is ambiguous. The continent includes Tasmania. The country includes Tasmania. The island does not include Tasmania. The normal practice with ambiguous terms is to resolve it with a link. In this case, just linking will do: south-eastern Australia, the country, shorter and more explicit. Briefness is a virtue in the first sentence of the lead. --Ettrig (talk) 10:21, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd normally think of Tasmania as separate to SE Oz, but the brevity is attractive....Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is Australia 

message: it engages in "song flights". The phrasing here seems to indicate a specific bird behavior; rather than just singing while flying. Is it as simple as the latter or is there more to it?--JimmyButler (talk) 22:38, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A 'song flight' is part of a mating display, and involves wing fluttering, hovering, diving etc - not just moving along - and a particular call designed to attract the attention of the female. Marj (talk) 22:45, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: As covered in the breeding section, as I have now discovered. Maybe that's common knowledge; it is mentioned in two locations (introduction and vocalization) before it is eventually expanded upon, leaving me a tad perplexed. Thank you.--JimmyButler (talk) 22:53, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

text: Cats have preyed upon Crescent Honeyeaters, and cat owners have been urged to keep their cats in enclosures when outside the house or provide more entertainment indoors. A minor detail; yet it seems strange in past tense. I suspect its an on-going problem. I understand the logic of cat cages, to reduce predation (I guess you can't chain a cat to a post); however, I'm trying to deduce the logic of the impact on bird predation as relates to keeping your cat entertained inside? I suspect the intent is to keep them indoors; with or without entertainment? Thank you for indulging; a lovely article; no doubt one of the most comprehensive available on the topic. Certainly worthy of featured status - as I will post in a moment. Regards --JimmyButler (talk) 23:08, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, the wording could be revised. One of the problems with trying to paraphrase a source while remaining consistentent with it ... "Are urgued" sounds like advice, rather than "one authority urged". Entertainment? - maybe from the "a tired dog is a good dog" school of thought. I'll go back to the source and re-think. Thanks for your feedback. Marj (talk) 23:26, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

text: Marj beat me to it/them - yes, the cat issue is a tricky one - I think the entertainment is more about what to do with a cat when it is indoors all the time (and hence getting skittish) rather than a specific preventative alternative as such, given that if they're outdoors they will hunt. Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think they didn't want to just say, "keep the cat indoors" without adding the condition that if you do you have to provide some sort of stimulation (at least if you want to keep your sofa intact). Marj (talk) 04:36, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it obvious? 

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message: "While the crescent honeyeater occupies a wide variety of habitats including coastal heath, rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, mountain forest, alpine woodland, damp gullies and thick tea-tree scrub, they all demonstrate its preference for dense vegetation.[6]" The use of pronouns such as 'they' and 'its' are utilized incorrectly since you are talking about the crescent honeyeater, not the crescent honeyeater(s). I would change the sentence to "While the crescent honeyeaters occupy a wide variety of habitats including......... they all have an inclination for dense vegetation." That is all!
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thread_title:  Distribution and Habitat 

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