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Hi Birders,
I am indebted to Paul Walbridge for pointing out
two of the reasons why Blue-faced Honeyeaters like Palm Trees. Even in
non-tropical towns, like Coonabarabran on the NSW Central West Slopes, where
Blue-faced Honeyeaters are town birds and if there is an odd palm tree in
the town , as there is at the Mineral Museum in the centre of town, BFHEs are
invariably found there. On a visit to Coonabarabran in the spring of 2001, the
Blue-faced Honeyeaters actually had their nest in the palm tree at the Mineral
Museum. So not only are the palm trees a food source but also good to nest
in!
Alan Morris
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