THis afternoon near waverley park I spotted a bird that was a bit bigger than an bell miner and the feathers on the back were green/olive. It had a distinctive yellow to orange eye patch. It flew into a grevilla, hung out there for a while and then flew onto a wire overhead. It looked quite like a figbird but its eye patch was not red. Thoughts?
Maybe a juvenille Blue-faced Honeyeater?
Maybe a "Noisy Miner"? Looks like this one:
M-L
This is it! Thanks.
It was a juvenille Blue-faced Honeyeater. But we do have plenty of noisy miner birds about as well.
Glad you found it Margie .... here is a pic to show anyone else interested.... this pic shows both the juvenile and the adult bird.
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Sunshine Coast Queensland
What a stunning photo!
I've never seen them this close, beautiful. I have started seeing them about up here in Darwin though which is exciting!