The Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), is a honeyeater indigenous to the eastern seaboard here in Australia. They live up to their name with their constant loud cackles and screeches as they feed on the nectar of grevillea and bottlebrush flowers. Some of the grevillea flowers they love to get into are on the right hand panel. Noisy Miners are not to be confused with the Indian Mynahs that have become a pest in some parts of Australia.
Lovely compilation of shots and interesting info. too. One of the many good things about 365 is learning about others' flora, fauna, history - it opens up a whole new world. Have the Indian Mynahs colonised from pet escapees?
@dulciknit Thanks, Alison. Like a few other things (foxes, rabbits, cane toads) Indian Mynahs were brought in in the 1880s with no thought as to what they might do to Australia's unique and fragile ecosystem. There was a locust plague so Indian Mynahs were brought in to control them. Of course they then went on to become another pest themselves.
Lovely collection of shots and interesting information. I was wondering about the difference between miner and mynah but never got around to looking it up!
@janturnbull Thanks, Janet, for your lovely comment. However, must hasten to say they are Grevillea flowers, not Bottlebrush (which are quite different.)
