How to Help the Helmeted Honeyeater

Read up about the Helmeted Honeyeater to understand its plight, and thoroughly understand why it needs help. Learn that it breeds between August and February, and that the gestation period is two weeks when up to three birds are born. Know that the bird eats manna, which is a sap from trees, and eucalypt flowers, berries from the prickly currant bush, insects, spiders and lerps.

Become a member of Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater. This is the only organization that actively works to protect the habitat and increase numbers of the Helmeted Honeyeater. Log on to its website, click on the "Membership" tab at the top of the page, then download the membership application form.

Give a donation to Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater. Cash donations enable the organization to continue its work; it plants trees, builds nurseries for new plants, flowers and trees and maintains and improves the Helmeted Honeyeater's habitat. You can submit a donation on the website. Click on the "Take Action" tab, then select "Donate." Here you can either make a transfer direct to the organization's bank account, or send a donation in the mail using the form supplied on the website.

Volunteer with Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater -- however, you will need to go to Australia to do this. You can take part in an education program that contributes to the sustainability of the Helmeted Honeyeater's environment; this involves helping to plant the nurseries, re-vegetate areas or have a more hands-on approach with the birds by feeding and monitoring them. To help, you'll need to spend three hours driving around the park to observe and make notes about how many birds you see, their location and behavior.