Singing Honeyeater at Franklin Pond

[Peter Murphy via Canberrabirds <>]

I was reminded by the mention of Singing Honeyeaters and White-fronted Honeyeaters in this thread of the attached photo. A feisty little White-fronted honeyeater seeing off a larger Singing honeyeater - at the Inland Botanical Gardens, Buronga (Mildura).

Peter

On 9 Jan 2022, at 10:13 am, Philip Veerman <> wrote:

The one White-fronted Honeyeater that stayed in my garden for 9 weeks in 2002, (seen every day of that period except one) often had minor aggression from the Eastern Spinebills. They seemed to be about even and neither consistently removed the other. 

 

Philip

 

From: Canberrabirds  On Behalf Of calyptorhynchus via Canberrabirds
Sent: Sunday, 9 January, 2022 9:52 AM
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Subject: [Canberrabirds] Singing Honeyeater at Franklin Pond

 

I went around to find this bird/these birds yesterday evening. I saw one bird in the north-eastern corner of the pond feeding in a casuarina at the entrance to the walkway across the pond. However it was calling, so presumably the other bird was about.

 

I was wondering why a vagrant like this has survived and persisted here for over a year, and as I wandered around the whole pond I noted that there didn't seem to be any resident White-plumed Honeyeaters. If there were presumably they would have chased the intruder away.

 

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