Hi Keith,
I was just looking through my photos, and
notice that I photographed Scarlet Honeyeaters last year on 23rd June
and 19th August in Tench Reserve, Penrith alongside the Nepean. There are not
many flowering shrubs/trees there during the winter.
I have not seen any Scarlet Honeyeaters
there this year at all, however the council has been busy removing exotic
plants (lantana etc) from the riverbank, and this has resulted in a drop in all
small birds there this year as most of their cover has now gone.