Yellow-faced Honeyeater

YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER

 It has been a very wet start to 2020. The rain has come early enough to set the grass and the trees growing strongly. Everything is green and lush. Amazing for February and March.

There was plenty of movement in the air and in the trees this morning. There were numbers of these Yellow-faced Honeyeaters in the low shrubs along the train line. Each time the sun came out from amongst the clouds, there would be a flurry of birds. 

I was watching a group of three and four birds sitting on the end of a branch. I thought they were just watching the world go by. And then the adult bird arrived and there was a frantic fluttering and calling to be fed. The young birds had obviously flown the nest but still expected mother to provide the food.