Observations of birds foraging in blueberry orchards and perched on cages containing brown blowflies

Spreadsheet 1: Number of instances insectivorous or nectarivorous birds were seen perched on cages containing brown blowflies, <em>Calliphoria stygia</em> (Fabricius 1781), within one raspberry block of a commercial berry farm in Dirty Creek, New South Wales, AU, between 6 – 16 June 2021. The number of observational hours spent on the farm varied daily depending on the weather. Observations were not collected while raining or in temperatures below 10°C. <br> Spreadsheet 2: Number of instances <em>Lichmera indistincta </em>(Brown honeyeater), <em>Zosterops lateralis</em> (silvereye), and <em>Myzomela sanguineolenta </em>(scarlet honeyeater) birds were seen foraging within blueberry blocks of a commercial berry farm in Dirty Creek, New South Wales, AU. Observations of <em>M. sanguineolenta </em>occurred occasionally in 2016, and from September until October 2020 observations of <em>L. indidstincta </em>and <em>Z. lateralis </em>were made. The number of observational hours spent on the farm varied daily depending on the weather. Observations were not collected while raining or in temperatures below 10°C. Time: morning 7:00h to 12:00h; afternoon 13:00h to 16:00h. NA = not possible to detect the foraging behaviour.