Archive for the 'Honeyeaters' Category

This morning I was suddenly aware of a noisy disturbance just outside my office window. I looked up to see three Red Wattlebirds locked in a furious battle in the garden bed. In fact, I thought at first it was only two fighting each other. As I reached for my camera, they flew off, and [...]

Brown-headed Honeyeaters are one of the smallest honeyeaters found in Australia. They are about the size of a House Sparrow and are certainly the smallest honeyeaters in our garden. The White-plumed Honeyeaters are not much bigger. While I would probably classify this species as a resident species in our garden, they do tend to come [...]

This morning I was on my way to take my mother-in-law shopping. As I passed the local golf course an Australian Magpie flew low and rapidly across the road in front of my car. Nothing unusual about that. Hot on its tail, however, was a New Holland Honeyeater, aggressively chasing the much bigger magpie and [...]

We are only half way through summer here in South Australia and already we’ve had some very hot days and several heatwaves. (In this part of the world a heatwave is considered to be five or more consecutive days of 35C (95F). ) During this last week we had several days where the maximum hovered [...]

We have many Australian native plants in our garden, and on our property. They are a magnet for the many honeyeaters we have resident around the garden. I particularly like the many varieties of Eremophila we have growing, as these seem to flower for long periods of time creating a steady supply of food for [...]