blue-faced honeyeater

My first time seeing this bird.

By now we'd worked our way back to the Trading Post at Maidenwell for a rather welcome cuppie. The garden out the back had some beautiful Jacaranda trees in bloom (they seemed to be in flower all over Queensland!) and this Blue-faced Honeyeater looked perfect in their with his own colouring to...

There is no other honeyeater like the Blue-faced, and after my first sighting was able to pick them out quite easily! That blue face patch is so striking, isn't it.

There must be something in the air I think. For here's another honeyeater poking out his tongue.

The following day we were off early on a long adventure, heading into the deep Queensland Outback for a few days. We stopped at a small town called Moonie for fuel and a leg stretch. I saw a Rainbow Bee-eater up on a wire, but for some reason couldn't focus on it. Then in a nearby tree found...

..... and here was an old friend - a Blue-faced Honeyeater, so they live out here, as well as on the coast! Although I'd seen some before, this was actually my first decent picture of one, so the first to get uploaded to my Gallery

Blue-faced Honeyeater in a flowering Grevillea bush

Seen in better light than the ones I snapped around sunset on my first day in Darwin. I'm not sure exactly where I took today's three shots. It was somewhere on our way to Fogg Dam. I'll get back to more Fogg Dam shots in a bit.

The Umbrella Trees are coming into flower providing nectar for a number of different birds .

Blue-faced Honeyeater

It's bill is covered in pollen after feeding on a flowering Silky Oak tree .

Entomyzon cyanotis at Oxley Creek, Brisbane September 2017

This one is almost transitioned to adulthood , still to get the full blue eye patch and already has a partner . The things on it's beak are from a Spiders Web where it had been feeding .

This bird and it's partner have been visiting lately to sneak food from the Lorikeets for their youngsters .

They are a very attractive Honeyeater, so I have to show another photo of one.

I just love the face of this Honeyeater. This one was among a super food supply.

A hot favorite of mine, this one is amongst blossom its food.

Its got a bit of tucker in its beak.

Another super photograph of this Honeyeater by Sue!!!

Another super photograph by Sue.