Bayside birds

Any comments on these two observations please ?

1. No white-naped or yellow-faced honeyeaters seen in Bayside for the
last two winters (but good numbers in 1993,95,96). Has anyone else
noticed a decline in and around Melbourne ? (There may be local factors
at work.)

2. Red-browed finch still here. Could they be breeding - or is it too
early for them to nest in/around Melbourne yet ?

Any comments greatly appreciated.

Michael Norris
Hampton, Victoria