Today i photographed this honeyeater in my front yard while we were gardening. This bird makes a beautiful sound when it sings. Does anybody know what kind of honeyeater it is? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I hope the photo looks OK, im on my netbook and its hard to see if the colours look right or not on such a small screen.
ALSO...this morning my husband and i found another honeyeater. It was a beautiful bird, and it had a bright blue head. Does anybody know of a honeyeater with a blue head? Sorry for the stupid questions, but i am learning slowly. When i get a reply, i google it straight away and learn as much as possible.
Thanks in advance.
I done a google image search, and found out that the other honeyeater i saw was a blue faced honeyeater. A very beautiful bird. I also discovered, that here in North East Victoria, we are pretty much at the southern limit of where they are found.
Which just leaves the top photo for ID if thats OK. I just cant figure out what it is.
a beautiful photo of a red eared wattlebird, nicely done
The First one is a Red Wattlebird. I would love to see one.
Nice Shot (:
Re: Qld bird.
Don't you get red wattlebirds up your way. I have a grevilla robusta in the backyard and they love it, it is amazing how we tend to take birds for granted when we see them everyday.
I can imagine you have common birds up your way that us victorians would be soooooo keen to see!!!
Ha ha... yes Berldo, that is a good point. That Blue faced honey eater is an everyday occurrence for us and one of the more aggressive species of garden birds that we have in our area. They dive bomb the cat quite regularly, as do the noisy miners. the first time ever I saw a red Wattle Bird was on my trip to NSW recently. We get plenty of little wattle birds up here though.
Sunshine Coast Queensland
we don't get blue faced honeyeaters here but an hour up the road in bendigo they are everywhere.
The main point of difference in species would be the crimson rosella numbers in comparison to eastern rosellas. Where I am we get a heap of crimsons and very few easterns however as you head north (within 30-40 mins) the easterns are far more prevelant and the crimsons are virtually non existent.
Further to that I think if you headed another hour to the north the easterns are taken over by pale headed rosellas. I find it all very interesting!!
Yep you are right. We don't get eastern Rosellas up here to my knowledge. But we do get the Pale Headed Rosellas, though I wouldn't say they were prolific here where I am. I noticed the crimsons in Sydney, and the easterns up in Northern NSW
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Thanks for the replies everyone. Its easy to see why i ask so many questions. lol I thought it was a honeyeater!! Thanks heaps for all of your help, i really appreciate it.
hey Birdgirl... IT IS a honey eater, as part of the bigger group. When I lived in Perth ( for 20 years) that is all we ever called them. So don't feel bad the honey eater group is a large group!
Cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Perthwings
according to my book
Female - smaller - tail shorter
Immature - paler, plainer, wattle small, pink
i would disagree sorry
Both sexes are similar in appearance with the female being smaller.
the last pic is a male or female depending on size and the other two are immature
no wattle (comb) to start with then pink one then red one
i could be wrong but that's how i understand it
:)