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Brown-headed Honeyeater |
Sightings
Brown-headed Honeyeaters are very inconspicuous members of the honeyeater family. It took us three years to first identify a bird. The grey chin, eyering and neckband make its identification easy. First spotted in March 2006, then again upon its return in October 2006, 20 km south of Narrabri.
In November 2008 also spotted high up in eucalypt trees in Deriah Forest, 30 km east of Narrabri, where a pair of Brown-headed Honeyeaters was busy feeding their young. Without the hustle and bustle surrounding the young birds, they would have gone unnoticed. Seen again in the same area in March 2009.
Photos
Lateral view of a Brown-headed Honeyeater approaching a waterhole (click on image for larger version)
Near-frontal view of a Brown-headed Honeyeater (click on image for larger version)
Brown-headed Honeyeater with its head turned sideways
Three fledgling Brown-headed Honeyeaters waiting to be fed by their parents
Two of the three fledgling birds shown above, preening