Scarlet Honeyeaters and Grevillea

Thanks all for your nice comments. M-L  I hope you get to see some soon they do take your breath away. I was out for a bush walk yesterday and they were in plague proportions and I didn't take my camera with me as we were going up over  1,000 feet in parts and the camera gear was too heavy. I did find a spotted pardalote's nest hole so will go back.

Sue if you persist and listen for their call, eventually you will find them closer and lower down in the trees. At first I only ever saw them high up in the trees to where now I have seen them drinking in front of me and sometimes about 5mtrs away. When you get some that you like do post them as you may get sharper ones than I have been getting and I would like to see them.

Hi Tim, these were taken at Sheepstation Crk Conservation Area out from Morayfield. There are several entrances into it but i have forgotten the road i used. The Grevillea in the photos was at the end of a cul de sac on one of the roads. If you do find it there were also quite a few the first few hundred metres down the track and also along that track which backs onto some properties there is a small dam where you might see the Azure Kingfisher as I did. Try and go early as parts of the area are used by riders on horses. Also on Wednesday I was out at Flinders Plum picnic area off the Ipswich-Boonah road and there were absolutely heaps of the Scarlets there, I had no camera with me unfortuneately, be very wary of snakes along the tracks, i saw the fattest R-B black stalking some Quails and they are very active not sluggish. I also found a Pardalotes burrow or nest and i am keen to go back and try to get photos of them at the nest, remote setup of course.Bribie Island would be alive with them as well. Hope you have fun with your adventures Tim and sorry for the late reply as i have been getting ready for a couple of weeks up the coast.

Hi Peter, I was referring to Scarlet-headed Honeyeaters. There is a walk or more like a fire trail that leads from just past where you turn in to go the last turnoff to Red Beach, if you go a bit farther past that there is a left corner and you will see one of those metal gates like they have to some of the tracks into the national parks, just park on the footpath and that track takes you up to the beach towards the point. Some locals told me a while ago that they often see lots of small birds in there. There were also some Osprey and Brahminy's about near the beach end as well as Rainbow Bee-eaters. The other place that had a lot of Scarlets and the Pardalotes was Flinders Plum picnic area which is on the Ipswich-Boonah road, the turnoff which is sign-posted is about 5k's approx past Carmichaels rd which takes you to Hardings Paddock. I am not sure if this will be a good place this weekend as last Wednesday when i was there, there were about 500-1,000 tents set up on the way in at a religious convention centre on the way in, which is about a few K's before the picnic area. But I do believe there will be lots of people bushwalking. Peter also Sheepstation creek conservation area out from Morayfield wasn't too bad either. Lots of Scarlets, my first photos of the White-naped Honeyeater, A Shining Bronze Cuckoo, Azure Kingfisher and i thought i spotted a Striped Honeyeater as well. I think Eremea had a list of what you can get there and the Honeyeaters were quite prominent. I am off to the Sunshine Coast for 2 weeks and hopefully meeting up with a couple of BIBY members, so I will check out your photos when I get back as I don't have a laptop. I might have a peek with my phone though.