Regent honeyeater

Well in my local area (Toowoomba - Darling Downs) we're hitting a purple patch for rare birds. There are three Regent honeyeaters here now and they are even rarer than Swift parrots. There's only about 300 Regent honeyeaters left. They used to be all over SE Australia - and in the 19th century were one of the most common honeyeaters in Australia. They are now restricted to the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, mainly in NSW.
There probably hasn't been one sighted in our area since the early 1900's. There is one in the bird cabinet in Crows Nest Library - which was collected in the Highfields area around the late 1800's. They are subject to a captive breeding programme from Taronga Zoo - but these ones are wild birds and not part of that programme since they don't have leg bands.
A lot of people are coming up from Brisbane and other areas to see both the Swift parrots and Regent honeyeaters. I'd say there'd be around 150 visitors now since it started with the Swift parrots.
Honestly this is probably a more significant sighting than the Swift parrots. I haven't got very good video yet - and hope to be able to improve on this