Wild Bird Wednesday 388 - Blue-faced honeyeater

Well, Happy Christmas to you all.  Hope you have a great day, and that the birds at you feeders get some presents too.

This bird, bright as a Christmas Tree Decoration, is a Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis).  The bird in the tree was taken at the camp site at Bitter Springs, and the one on the tap was taken at the camp site in Katherine.  Another couple of examples of how good the birding can be in camp and car parks!

These birds are of the sub-species that has pale underwings and a longer beak than other birds of the species.  The bird on the tap is not a full adult, as the patch around its eye is not fully blue.

I rather like the shot of the bird in the tree with a drip of 'honey' on the tip of its beak.  The tree is a gum (eucalyptus) of some sort and it was a alive with birds, if only briefly when I went for a morning walk.

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