At this time of year one of the predominate sounds of the woodlands behind the Australia Gardens at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens comes from the White Eared Honeyeater. It has a variety of distinctive calls and can be quite photogenic when it stays still long enough. It makes a low level, deep, thick sided bowl type nest and lines it with animal fur and hair. We found the Honeyeater below collecting spider webs for its nest.
White Eared Honeyeater, Cranbourne Botanical Gardens
White Eared Honeyeater collecting spider webs for nesting material
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With so many Honeyeaters it is little wonder that we also heard and saw Fan Tailed Cuckoos. The nests of White Eared Honeyeaters are parasitised by Fan Tailed Cuckoos.
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo, Cranbourne Botanical Gardens
The Gap Year and Beyond 
White-eared are one of the HE species that lovel to grab hair from humans – and their woolly jumpers. Happened to me in Sydney.
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That could be why the HE with the spider web was watching us so intently…looking for an opportunity to get some hair….
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