Thursday Brew with Gwen: In Search of Sweetness

In Search of Sweetness

Click went with my camera. I waited, expecting the bird to fly off, scared by my presence and the camera click. Instead, the New Holland Honeyeater hopped onto another flower.

I was sitting on my walker a few feet from this bird, watching it flits from flower to flower. The bush that it was on was a low growing Grevillea. I love these birds; they are wonderful aerobatics when feeding on airborne insects in the early evening of Spring and Summer.

They accept humans and have adapted to our presence, miraculously, I think.

The New Holland Honey Eater was discovered by the English Ornithologist, John Latham, in 1870 .  The Honey Eater inhabits southern and eastern Australia.

The New Holland Honeyeater breeds during autumn and spring. They are pollinators and are important to the continuation of grevilleas, banksias, bottlebrush, and many other Australian florae. The birds need protein in their diet and bugs, spiders and insects supply that need. The New Holland Honey is a mere 18 cm or seven inches long. It is a very energetic bird and is never still. It makes it hard to catch an image. I was lucky that it was busy feeding and because I was patient and still, I caught some great images.

Many times, in my life I have searched to have that certain emptiness filled. I flitted from one thing to another, seeking sweetness. It was when I surrendered my life to God that the emptiness left and I found a peace and satisfaction in my life. In becoming a believer, I became a new person. I am so glad I have had no regrets.