One less White-eared Honeyeater

["Mark Clayton" <>]

Exactly!!!!! Have people ever heard of some old naturalists’ _expression_ “survival of the fittest”!!!???

 

Mark

 

From: John Harris [
Sent: Friday, 27 June 2014 4:40 PM
To: Denise Kay; John Layton
Cc: Canberra Birds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] One less White-eared Honeyeater

 

What are Currawongs allowed to eat?

 

 

 

 

 

From: Denise Kay <>
Date: Friday, 27 June 2014 3:55 pm
To: John Layton <m("bigpond.com","johnlayton2");">>
Cc: Canberra Birds <m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">>
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] One less White-eared Honeyeater

 

That almost just happened in my garden……pair white eared honeyeaters landed in the birth bath ( I am doing the survey this is the first time I have noticed them in the bath before ) within seconds madam Currawong swings in and caused mayhem. They escaped thankfully.

 

Denise

Giralang

 

 

On 27 Jun 2014, at 3:01 pm, John Layton <m("bigpond.com","johnlayton2");">> wrote:

Looked out the dining room window at 11:00 am today and saw a Pied Currawong perched on a branch of our Manchurian pear tree eating what appeared to be a White-eared Honeyeater. Went outdoors and sneaked to within 10 metres of the brunching brute and confirmed the prey item. I’ve glimpsed small groups of W-e Honeyeaters ranging through the neighbour’s grevilleas during the past two weeks.

 

John K. Layton

Holt.