White-eared Honeyeater gleaning nesting material

["Philip Veerman" <>]

Other birds do this too but it appears this species is particularly known for it and going by the number of times this has been observed, it seems not really a problem for the bird, if the hair is still attached to the dog, sheep, kangaroo, person.......

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: David McDonald (personal) [
Sent: Sunday, 28 December 2014 10:56 AM
To: canberrabirds
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] White-eared Honeyeater gleaning nesting material

Sorry Martin and Mark and others without Facebook accounts.

A chap at Bywong has a white dog.  He brushed it and the brush was full of long white hairs. He left the brush outside and a filmed a WHEAHO gathering beakfulls to carry to a nearby nest under construction.
A delightful short video. Pls see the snip below.

Regards - David

On 28/12/2014 6:13 AM, Martin Butterfield wrote:

David

That link seems to need a sign in to Facebook, of which I am not a member.  

Martin

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

On 27 December 2014 at 21:16, David McDonald (personal) <> wrote:

Hi, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BywongAndWamboin/permalink/614446665344481/
Yes, it is a White-eared, not White-cheeked, Honeyeater.
Regards - David