Years ago someone planted Tasmanian Blue Gums Eucalyptus globulus on the patch of land Ms Woko & I now occupy (not all at once, you'll understand). As they grew larger & produced more flowers the gums were visited by small parties of white-naped honeyeaters at around this time of the year. Then the Tasmanian Blue Gums began to die out & now most of them are dead. They weren't local species & were unable to tolerate our conditions although a few spindly specimens survive. Needless to say, the white-naped honeyeaters disappeared & haven't been seen for about 7 years. Until today when Ms Woko saw one at the bird bath. Ms Woko was very excited by her sighting & I was excited by her excitement.
We happen to have four Spotted Gums Corymbia maculata (formerly Eucalyptus maculata) 3 of which are in prolific flower at the moment so I reckon that white-naped honeyeater has visited to exploit these flowers. We'll keep our eyes peeled & hopefully get off some shots or even take some photos if it hangs about for a while.
Good news Woko, hopefully they will be regular visitors again.
No sign of it/them since Ms Woko's sighting, cathshane. But eyes are peeled & ears alert to their presence.
Peeled eyes were productive this morning. Four white-naped honeyeaters at our bird bath. This might be the highest number I've seen of this species at our place. Very exciting.