Bye-bye babies

January 4, 2009 by Fred Baker

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After a little over a week away, I returned to find the empty nest of the Yellow-faced Honeyeaters swinging unattended in the breeze.

I’d been looking forward to seeing the growth and changing coloration of the two teenage young ones.

So had this been a very quick maturation, or Christmas dinner for some predator?

I hope it was the former — but I have to doubt it.

2 thoughts on “Bye-bye babies”

Sharyn Munro

January 4, 2009 at 2:17 pm

Yes Fleur, nature is the best antidote I know to the overwhelming TV-type ‘reality’ world that is the one that many kids inhabit.
Fleur McDonald

January 4, 2009 at 11:01 am

Hi Sharyn

I hope it wasn’t Christmas dinner for someone… watching animals like you’ve been, they tend to become friends don’t they? I’ve got some Maggies that have been bringing their babies onto the lawns for baths! It’s great watching them, and a good experience for the kids to see.

Cheers, Fleur McDonald

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