Honeyeater’s Yalta

One of the most famous photos from World War II is called ‘The Big Three’. It is a picture of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at a conference held in Yalta, Crimea just before the end of the war.

The photo below (entitled ‘The Big Two out of Five’) is of an equivalent meeting but for honeyeaters. The meeting was held on a street lamp in Yea, Victoria. It features a Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) on the left and a Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) on the right. The latter is the second largest of the Australian honeyeaters and the BFH sits in the top five in terms of size. The largest Australia honeyeater, the Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) is endemic to Tasmania and could not make the flight across Bass Strait for the conference.

After the conference the Blue-faced Honeyeater was seen having a light meal of a cicada.