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Brown HoneyeaterAlternative name: "Least Honeyeater" |
Sightings
Brown Honeyeaters are regular visitors to bottlebrushes and other flowering plants in gardens in towns and cities.
Seen for the first time in our garden south of Narrabri, New South Wales, in 2005. In early spring or that year, a Brown Honeyeater declared a Bottlebrush tree its territory. A Brown Honeyeater re-appeared in September 2006, after a long absence during the winter.
Also spotted by us at Sawn Rocks, a part of the Mount Kaputar National Park, about 40 north-east of Narrabri, in March 2007.
Brown Honeyeaters are also found in the area 20-30 km east of Narrabri, where they could be seen and heard all through the winter of 2008, and 20 km south-west of Narrabri.
Photos
Brown Honeyeater in a Bottlebrush tree 20 km south of Narrabri, New South Wales (click on image for larger version)
Brown Honeyeater in a Bottlebrush tree 20 km south of Narrabri, New South Wales (click on image for larger version)
Here a frontal view of a Brown Honeyeater seen on a perch approaching a water puddle where it subsequently took a bath (click on image for larger version); note the different length of the tail feathers
Brown Honeyeater flapping its wings to dry them after a bath (click on image for larger version)
Brown Honeyeater feeding on the nectar of a eucalypt flower (click on image for larger version)
Brown Honeyeater drinking from a pond; the birds drink in quick, small sips and do not dip their bills as deep into the water as other species (click on image for larger version)
Juvenile Brown Honeyeater