I took these photos 7or8 years ago in my front yard in Sydney, north western suburbs. I had never seen the birds before and I have never seen them since. Does anyone know where they "hang out", I would really like to get some better photos.
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Hi Dennis,
Not sure where you are currently located but I usually see them at Warriewood Wetlands or on the Chiltern Trail in Sydney when the eucalypts are flowering. There are some around now. Cattai Wetlands near Coopernook, is another spot. However further north is probably better and I recall someone reporting them in the courtyard trees of a shopping centre around Bisbane. You could check Eremaea for recent sightings.
They are usually locatable by the call which is quite distinctive. Once heard, you can pinpoint it and get closer.
Sue
my best Scarlet HE pic was taken at Kyogle, northern NSW - https://pacart.smugmug.com/Honeyeaters/i-VppgnZF/A
Peter
Very nice photos...great to get them in your yard too.
I have a book 'Sydney Birds' that says they are 'rather erractic nomads that follow the flowering turpentines, paperbarks and eucalypts' - so hard to suggest a location with confidence. I have seen them a number of times at Browns waterhole in lane cove NP, at Sydney Olympic Park, around Scheyville NP, around Berowa valley, and Shanes Park.(Assuming your still located in sydney).
I think Scarlet Honeyeaters, like many honeyeaters, are nomadic & follow the money....oops, nectar. So you may need to find flowering Eucalypts in order to find Scarlet Honeyeaters.
Not all Eucalypts flower predictably for reasons unknown - as far as I know - but if you can research which Eucalypts are indigenous to your area, where there are good stands of them & the time of year they normally flower you'll be able to determine when & where to find Scarlet Honeyeaters. Watching where flocks of lorikeets are heading can also be a good way of tracking down flowering Eucalypts.
Nomadic here in gympie, i get them in my grevilleas in winter.
not common though.
Beautiful birds which I would love to see one day.
Have a look at the ebird map: red markers when you zoom in show recent sightings
http://ebird.org/ebird/australia/map/scamyz1
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Beautiful photos. They are so difficult to photograph well as the red blows out in strong sunshine.