Painted Honeyeater

THE PAINTED honeyeater is very particular with its diet, preferring mainly the fruit of mistletoe trees, which is why it moves and migrates as different species of mistletoe bloom.

It is mainly seen in Queensland and New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range, through to northern Victoria.

During winter, painted honeyeaters migrate to north Queensland, around Cape York Peninsula, and eastern areas of the Northern Territory.

Painted honeyeaters like to make their homes in dry, open forests and woodlands.

Both the male and female painted honeyeater build and shape the nest, which are cup-shaped and made from a variety of materials including fine roots, bark, and grass.

This beautiful bird is listed as vulnerable in several states and territories in Australia due to habitat loss from land-clearing.

– cooloola city farm PLANT OF THE MONTH –

Bower of Beauty

OUR PLANT OF THE MONTH for July 2023 is Pandorea jasminoides rosea, commonly known as Bower of Beauty.

An attractive hardy vine with dark, glossy leaves and large pale pink blooms with a deep scarlet throat. The fruit is an oblong woody capsule.

This is a hardy climber and tolerates most soils and will cope with full sun, but prefers a little shade.

This plant loves a good prune and in early Spring fertilise well with a native fertiliser and you will be well rewarded. This plant attracts bees, butterflies and birds.

Cooloola City Farm Nursery is located opposite the Community Centre at 17 Amity Place off Tin Can Bay Road.

Saturday mornings 8am – 12 noon (First and third Saturdays of the month only)

Cash or EFTPOS acceptable

Phone: 0422 215 953

Email: ccfni09@gmail.com