Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Eastern Spinebill


One of my absolute favourites among our garden visitors is the pretty little Eastern Spinebill - Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris - a very long name for a shy little honeyeater. They are busy feeders, loving the native nectar flowers like grevillea and Epacris, but in our garden preferring the long tubular fuchsias and salvias.

We love watching them hanging upside down feeding from the drooping fuchsias or hovering like humming birds as they feed. In spring they become quite bold, collecting cobwebs from the eaves of our veranda just a couple of metres from where we sit.












Liz Needle

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13 comments:

  1. Welcome to Nature Notes Liz. I love to visit other countries as we are all nature lovers, but I get to see different wildlife and plants. This is a bird I had not heard of, but it sounds like a real character...Thank you for linking in...Michelle

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  2. Hello, the Spinebill is a beautiful birds. They sound like fun birds to watch. Great photos. Enjoy your day!

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  3. What a pretty creature. Your photos are really great.

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  4. Love the one w/ the spread wings, amazing shots!

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  5. What a lovely bird! Upside down no less! :-) Loved shot # 5...wow!

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  6. Sorry about the confusion Liz... The photo collage and the link list at the top of this week's Nature Notes are a list from last week's Nature Notes and the linky is at the bottom of the page and opens a new page as you did sign up. Sorry it has been almost 9 years for Nature Notes and I forget that not everyone is used to it...Michelle

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  7. I don't think I've ever seen a bird feed upside down like that! Wonderful photos!!

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  8. What a lovely bird and I like its curved bill.

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  9. Thanks for sharing your birds with our birds at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/05/check-our-catbirds.html

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  10. What a delightful little bird. It's new to me, so I'm going to check it out online. Meanwhile, thank you for the introduction!
    Kay
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  11. New to me as well. A lovely, delicate bird.

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  12. What a fabulous looking bird! Great pictures.

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