The sound produced by this New Holland Honeyeater was unbelievably loud, so I had to go outside to find him. He was sitting on the highest branch of a shrub and just calling. Have a look at him, you can just about hear him?
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Goodness he is calling his little heart out isn't he!
Superb capture M-L - well done
Fantastic shots, M-L! So clear and colourful...
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Great shot of its tongue, Araminta. New Holland honeyeaters have a brush tip to their tongue which makes it more efficient for them when gleaning nectar from flowers but I don't see any brush on this one's tongue. I'm wondering if the brush folds up when it's in non-feeding mode.
O my ...., Woko, he has lost his brush?? I have looked at all my photos, no brush. I googled, looked and searched, none of the photos was close enough to see any brush. (most photos not as close as mine
)
Like you, I'm most interested now, does anyone have a photo of a brush tongue? Please post here.
M-L
..............here is a brush- tongued White-eared Honeyeater.
Cheers,
al
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
https://sites.google.com/site/blackhillreservekyneton/home
Thanks al for making the effort to find those photos, that is fantastic. Here now is the next question: can they fold the brush, retract, or how does it work? Any idea?
M-L
Stunning photos M-L! I can never get these guys to look sharp.
Cheers, Owen.
M-L, the photo of the White-eared Honeyeater was taken by me on my property.
In answer to your question, honeyeaters have a long, protactile, brush-tipped tongue curled at the sides to form a tube for extracting nectar from flowers.
My Simpson & Day has drawings of it.
As you can see in my next photo the honeyeater's tongue is a little extented but not spread out.
I'm sure your beautiful NHH hasn't lost his brush
just folded as you and Woko suggested.
Cheers,
al
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
https://sites.google.com/site/blackhillreservekyneton/home
Thanks so much al for giving such detailed information, very much appreciated. What a lovely photo, what's the bird sitting on? Looks like a rock pool?
M-L
It's a bird bath I carved out of a large rock.
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
https://sites.google.com/site/blackhillreservekyneton/home