Yellow honeyeaters (160 - 190 mm) are found in North Queensland from Cape York Peninsula to Mackay. They are common along creeks and rivers and in paperbark swamps, parks and gardens. They breed between October and March.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The identity of the baby bird peeping somewhere in the back
yard foliage has finally been revealed.
The yellow honeyeater, daily visitor to the scrappy looking bush
beside the verandah, introduced a plump and vocal offspring after this
morning’s deluge. The Wet Season, so unpredictable since our return two years ago is continuing unabated after a late start.
The parent led the young bird first to the weeping bottlebrush where she clung to the branches swinging in the breeze, cheeping all the while. Then the adult flew down to the bush and went through her brisk morning feed chattering and flitting among the flowers, before calling the young to join her. The young bird fluttered down to the bush and complained non stop while the parent fed it with all the flickering flourishes that distinguish this bird from some of the other honeyeaters.
Claire Wood
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See also longlines, In theAtmosphere
