in the garden

REGENT HONEYEATER

A Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater has been spotted and photographed by Springwood local, 13-year-old McKinley Moens.

This important sighting of a Regent Honeyeater, which has a very patchy distribution in NSW, was recorded as part of the Blue Mountains Fauna Project.

McKinley Moens, who was a finalist in the 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, photographed the bird in her Springwood garden.

McKinley said,