Honeyeater – Pelican Yoga

Deep South WA, Feb ‘25 (#8 in series: honeyeaters, drinking)

Published March 15, 2025 by Pelidoug

Deep South WA, Feb ‘25 (#8 in series: honeyeaters, drinking)

Some birds – individuals & species – prefer to be alone, when drinking or bathing.

Others are happy to “share the facilities”…or they have to share them; flocking birds may be within a group of many – even many thousands – of individuals.

On some afternoons in February 2025 (near Youngs Siding, between Albany & Denmark) the “line up” at the birdbath reminded me of “the six o’clock swill” – an unlovely feature of most Australasian pub “culture” for surprisingly much of the 20th century.

Wireless Hill – feathers & flower spikes (#3 of 3)

Published November 1, 2024 by Pelidoug

Wireless Hill – feathers & flower spikes (#3 of 3)

In appearance, Lichmera indistincta – the brown honeyeater – is a strong contender for an “undesirable” title: Australia’s most plain/drab/nondescript honeyeater.

This species’ song, however, is widely considered the finest of any Australian honeyeater’s; clear recordings of it are here. (the second grab is the better one)

The pictured brown honeyeaters are young individuals who dine on pollen & nectar from plants that naturally occur only in southwest Western Australia.

However, brown honeyeaters are highly adaptable; they live across parts of all mainland Australian states and territories, except Victoria;

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