happy new year everyone from the hot, steamy pre-wet season north!!
just reading Tracey and David's posts here re Scarlet Honeyeaters, and yes, I
agree that they are stunning little denizens indeed!!
but this topic reminded me of something that I observed up here just over a
week ago...
I was showing Kev Bartram when he was up here some interesting stuff in the
Wondecla area in the dry eucalypt belt on the western Atherton Tablelands, when
I found a very young dependent juvenile Scarlet H being fed by its mother.
what was nice about it was that the 2 birds were only head height, and what was
of special interest to me was that the mother's lower mandible had a rather
bright yellow base that was about half the total length of its bill. This is
something I've never noticed before with adult females... maybe the mother was
only a year old? I'm not sure.
I haven't yet checked my HANZAB or any other detailed reference material to see
if this is normal in adult females, but I am just wondering if anyone else has
noticed this before??
both of you, David and Tracey, are in a nice position to check your birds for
this in your regions when you see them next...
I would appreciate any feedback on this,
thanx and all the best,
martin cachard,
solar whisper wildlife cruises, daintree river,
& trinity beach, cairns
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From: Birding-Aus <> on behalf of David
Bishop <>
Sent: Tuesday, 2 January 2018 1:18 PM
To: Tracey Newcombe
Cc: Peter Lansley via Birding-Aus
Subject: Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you too Tracey.
Scarlet Honeyeater is indeed a delightful species. We live in Armidale and a
few years ago our Angophoras were in flower and we enjoyed and ‘invasion’ of
these beautiful birds along with several others in the same family. This year
just a few arrived but have stayed all summer, males singing away. I doubt I
will ever forget the song.
David
P. O. Box 1234, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia
> On Jan 2, 2018, at 11:53 AM, Tracey Newcombe <
> <>> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> Had a bit of a thrill this morning to see a small flock of Scarlet
> Honeyeaters in my front garden, in a crab-apple tree. We get loads of birds
> here in south coast NSW on our small acreage, but this is the first time
> we’ve seen this beautiful little bird. There were a few males, several
> females and some young birds as well. They were in the tree for about twenty
> minutes, had a great view from the front window. Good start to the birding
> year!
> Cheers,
> Tracey
>
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