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New Holland Honeyeater Tasmania - unusual colouring

To: Carl Weber <>,
Subject: New Holland Honeyeater Tasmania - unusual colouring
From: brian fleming <>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:42:26 +1100
Yellow or orange on the forehead of a Honeyeater (or other bird) indicates that it is covered with pollen. It has pushed its head into a nectar-providing flower and it will pollinate the next flower it seeks nectar from.

The oddest thing I ever saw was a male Mistletoe-bird with pollen all over its head and on the breast as well.

Anthea Fleming




On 30/01/2013 7:31 PM, Carl Weber wrote:
Hi All,

An old colleague sent these photos of unusual colouring in a New Holland
honeyeater. Please refer to the link below. The pics were taken in early
January in a garden in Kingston, Tasmania.

The photographer suspects that there may be more than one of these.

Comments/explanations would be most welcome.

Carl Weber

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