Cooloola Cove end of the Tin Can Bay Inlet - looking north
Cooloola Cove end of the Tin Can Bay Inlet- looking south
Cooloola Cove end of the Tin Can Bay Inlet- looking south
This gum tree was hanging down over the sand. It's roots had been partly loosened by storms this last winter which cut soil away from the shoreline.
As I watched a group of little birds flew hurriedly out from among the flowers. They sat on another tree a few metres away and chattered noisily for a few minutes then flew back in among the flowers. Then again they all flew quickly off. This time I saw that there was something bigger in the tree which was scaring the smaller birds. I watched and finally saw that a couple of Noisy Friarbirds were also enjoying the flowers but when the little birds – Brown Honeyeaters – came too close they were chasing them off. I had not seen Noisy Friarbirds do this before, but in my garden they are better matched for size and apparently aggression with the Blue-faced Honeyeaters and Rainbow Lorikeets.
As I watched a group of little birds flew hurriedly out from among the flowers. They sat on another tree a few metres away and chattered noisily for a few minutes then flew back in among the flowers. Then again they all flew quickly off. This time I saw that there was something bigger in the tree which was scaring the smaller birds. I watched and finally saw that a couple of Noisy Friarbirds were also enjoying the flowers but when the little birds – Brown Honeyeaters – came too close they were chasing them off. I had not seen Noisy Friarbirds do this before, but in my garden they are better matched for size and apparently aggression with the Blue-faced Honeyeaters and Rainbow Lorikeets.Noisy Friarbird
Brown Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
Looks kuke the start of a oerfect day. Raining again here.
ReplyDeleteAre they little mangrove seedings coming up om the sand/mud flats?
I can't believe I wrote that. I hope you can make sense of it. I'm off to see about getting a finger transplant.
ReplyDeleteNo worries,Mosura! I'm chuckling because I had a conversation with someone just a few days ago about reading what was being written when one had misplaced a hand on the keyboard!
ReplyDeleteYes, those are mangroves coming up on the sand flats. It seems to me there are more of those little plants in the five year I have been up here - so maybe the bay is silting up slowly.
Lovely post, I saw something similar in St.George at dawn with a large honeyeater harrassing a sizeable flock of dusky woodswallows.
ReplyDeleteHi Arija, thanks for your comment. It seems strange to me when the tree is full of blossom and there seems enough for all - but I guess its territorial.
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