g'Day all
I was reminiscing about a tree at Wyndham, Western Australia, when it occurred
to me that the bird list for this tree includes many of the Kimberley
Honeyeater's. It is a ten metre high evergreen growing in the back yard of a
house behind where we used to live at No 25 Great Northern Highway (diagonally
opposite the bakery). I don't know the species however except for it's flowers,
the tree has a similar appearance to the Borhenia (Strzelecki bean tree) of the
SA north eastern deserts. Usually during April, for a period of about a week
this garden tree produces masses of purple flowers and then becomes alive with
feeding honeyeaters.
On one memorable day several years ago, there were Red-headed Honeyeater,
Banded Honeyeater, Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Bar-breasted Honeyeater,
White-throated Honeyeater, Yellow-tinted honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater,
Little Friar-bird, Silver-crowned Friarbird, Yellow-throated Miner, White-gaped
Honeyeater and Brown Honeyeater, 12 honeyeater species in all feeding together
at the one time in this tree. Occasionally during the dry season, Singing and
Grey-fronted Honeyeaters can also be seen in this tree (although these species
are more often seen on the eucalyptus covered slopes of nearby hills).
It is a special tree that can produce 14 honeyeater species and this is but one
of many similar trees that combine to make a very interesting habitat around
this remarkable town.
Regards
Ian May
Price, South Australia
Tel: (08) 88376212: (Mob) 0409 474575
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