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Mangrove Honeyeater; there is only one place I have spotted these cheeky birds, but am sure they are everywhere. They are 18-21cm in size. They can be seen from Townsville northern Queensland down to northern New South Wales. Their habitat includes mangroves, nearby eucalypt woodlands, and trees in coastal towns. They breed from Aug-Nov and lay 2 eggs being pale salmon-pink or spotted red-brown in color. They are noisy and aggressive. They are like the varied Honeyeater Mangrove-honeyeater  is noisy and aggressive, they feed in outer foliage of mangroves, forages over lower trunks, roots and usually feeds on nectar and...

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Available from our shop are these beautiful cork backed place mats (6 to the box) and coasters (6 to the box). They are available as a set or individually. Postage Australia wide is free. We will not be doing another print run of these, but are looking at other sets to do down the track.

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A gorgeous little bird with its striking colors of yellow, black and white. White-Cheeked Honeyeater is only 16-18cm in size and lives, breeds and feeds in rainforest margins, eucalypt forests, watercourse vegetation, coastal scrubs, paperbarks, and wet heaths. The most similar species is New Holland Honeyeater They also source insects often hovering for them in the air. On the Whitye Cheeked Honeyeater link above there is a lot of information on the lovely little bird, well worth the read. They Breed April- Nov and they have just the one partner for the breeding season. (how lovely) or depending on nectar...

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We also have a limited number of a set of 6 matching square cork backed coasters featuring our Australian Scarlet Honeyeater. Coaster size W10.5 H9cm. They have a gloss finish and are heat resistant. Our cork backed placemat and coaster sets are sold separately. These are the images of the coasters. Free postage Australia wide. Dedicated to all the Australian Fauna and Flora lost in the 2019/2020 bush fires                                                                                    

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We have a limited number of a set of 6 cork backed placemats featuring our Australian Scarlet Honeyeater. It is the smallest of the Honeyeaters Placemat size: W33.5x H26cm. They have a gloss finish and they are also heat resistant. Free postage Australia wide. Dedicated to all the Australian Fauna and Flora lost in the 2019/2020 bush fires               

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