OUR WORLD & Wild Bird Wednesday

Remember my New Holland Honeyeaters?

Well, we had a massive windstorm recently that, apart from 

crashing a great old weeping willow across the gateway to the 

main farmhouse, smashed two thirds of the all year round food

source of our honeyeaters and left our 17,000 gallon water tank

exposed to sight.

On the other hand, it did make it a little easier to get a shot of the 

muscle man of honeyeaters, the Wattlebird. This chap terrorises 

cats as well as all the other honeyeaters whose territory this is.

Over the last five years the wattlebird population has 

increased so dramatically that their rather unpleasant screech
rings out anywhere you go.

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and

Wild Bird Wednesday

Wild Bird Wednesday - New Holland Honeyeater

All winter this Grevillea has been flowering and feeding the 

resident New Holland Honeyeater as well as a few others.

Now, also this large Banksia is full of delicious nectar and well 

worth protecting.

A quick feed and 

back to sentry duty warding off the much larger Wattle Birds.

There's one . . . come on boys, attack!

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Wild Bird Wednesday

with thanks to Stewart for hosting the meme.

World Bird Wednesday ~ New Holland Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater, Philydonyris novaehollandiae,

feeding on a Grevillea bush.

Spotted in Port Elliot, South Australia after a lovely lunch at

the local hotel.

He happily foraged, while I just as happily photographed.

So nice of him to strike a pose for me.

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Bird Photography Weekly ~ 2

I believe this little bird to be a Yellow-tailed
Thornbill, Acanthiza chrysorrhoa. Size: less
than 10cm. I am happy to be contradicted.



Eastern Striated Pardalote, Pardalotus ornatus
in the native vegetation side of our park.



New Holland Honeyeater, Phylidonyris
novahollandiae in our park



and singing it's heart out on the west coast of the
Eyre Peninsula at Coffin Bay



For something a little bigger, a pair of Wood Duck,
Chenonetta jubata near the pond in the park.



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