Yet, should the local sparrowhawk appear, I wonder if the species would follow
Lady Macbeth's injunction to "Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at
once"?
Very nice photo, Con.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Con Boekel
Sent: Saturday, 17 September 2016 3:21 PM
To: canberrabirds chatline <>
Subject: To fly in the order of your standing
In Regency England (as at other times and other places) one entered the dining
room for dinner in strict order of precedence, starting with the king/queen,
then members of the royal family, through dukes and so on and so forth to the
least of mortals. (Austenites will know frequent examples of this in Austen's
oeuvre).
Over the past few days I have spent some time in the grevilleas section of the
ANBG with a view to taking images of birds.
In line with Lowe, the honeyeaters have been furiously chasing each other in an
intra- and inter-specific orgy of aggression in and around the al fresco
grevillear dining room
One imagines that sorting the Regency England dining order of precedence was
rather more polite.
Nevertheless, the species-level order of precedence amongst the ANBC
honeyeaters is clear: Red Wattlebird, New Holland Honeyeater, Yellow-faced
Honeyeater, White-naped Honeyeater, and thence to the lowest of the low, the
Eastern Spinebill.
Noisy Miners, for reasons of their own, appear to be saving the ANBG for
dessert.
Crescent Honeyeaters and White-eared Honeyeaters were heard in the vicinity but
were not seen to lower themselves by engaging in the disorderly brouhaha.
Attached is an image of Yellow-faced Honeyeater making like a hummingbird.
Note the pollen that can just be seen on the forehead.
regards
Con
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