Bird of the Week Challenge: 20th April - bird + food = photo

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Mon, 20/04/2015 - 10:06

Holly

Bird of the Week Challenge: 20th April - bird + food = photo

Happy Monday everyone. Not sure what the weather is like where you are but it is a very dreary day here at the Discovery Centre! Lots of rain and not many birds around I'm afraid.

I know last week was a bit of a challenge as nocturnal birds are that bit harder to get shots of but well done everyone!

This week I thought we would look at matching birds with their food. So you can either post a photo of a bird eating or post 2 photos - the bird in one photo and what it might eat in the next. If you want to challenge people you can invite another poster to post a shot of the food! Lets get some collaborations happening!

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 11:02

pacman

Scarlet Myzomela (Honeyeater on some lists)

Peter

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 11:23

Devster

Food

Bird with Food (Pippit)

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 16:48

rawshorty

Hard to see but he does have a Lerp in his beak

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 17:25

Elsie

What would this fellow eat?

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 17:28

rawshorty

I'm sure he would enjoy this

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 18:07

robwill

A Kookaburra with a rather large breakfast on a very wet Saturday morning.(slightly OOF)

Breakfast. by robwill4, on Flickr

Rob.

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 19:02

Elsie

What about this cheeky fellow? What would he eat?

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 19:03

Elsie

Great photos everyone by the way! I love that shot of the praying mantis rawshorty

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 19:24

#10

Rick N

The Sulphur might like a few of these

Mon, 20/04/2015 - 21:23

#11

Owl of Kedumba

How about the other way around! What might eat these White's Skink's?

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 06:50

#12

Elsie

This Kookabarra would love this for his breakfast! Poor skink though

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 09:39

#13

pacman

Pacific Baza with tucker found at the Tucki Tucki Nature Reserve south of Lismore NSW

Peter

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 11:10

#14

Devster

A young Sacred Kingfisher with a nice big juicy beetle for breakfast. (Well juicy once you get past the hard exoskeleton)

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 17:24

#15

rawshorty

Elsie wrote:

Great photos everyone by the way! I love that shot of the praying mantis rawshorty

Thanks Elsie

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 17:27

#16

rawshorty

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 17:52

#17

Reflex

Tawny Grassbird.

Samford Valley Qld.

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 18:28

#18

rawshorty

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 21:20

#19

Rick N

Yabbie juggling Cormorant

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 20:22

#20

Owl of Kedumba

Good one Rick, but that's a Little Pied Cormorant!

Tue, 21/04/2015 - 21:22

#21

Rick N

Thanks Owl, total brain fade Have remedied.

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 10:44

#22

Chris 333

Incredible pictures, as always.

Our grevillea planting has started to pay off. Whoopee! We can now boast a purpose built hide for photographing small birds - our house! This was taken on Monday through our kitchen window from a couple of metres away. What a privelege and pleasure it is to see (and hear) these little birds going about their business.

Apart from this honeyeater we've also seen spinebills, thornbills and fantails close to the house and have been enjoying leafing through the bird book to identify them.

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 10:36

#23

Annie W

I'll second that Chris, brilliant collection of shots coming through once again!

Now, I'm sure there are many birds who'd like to chow down on this Australian Emerald Dragonfly...which bird is going to grab it first?

West Coast Tasmania

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 14:47

#24

Wanda

Eastern Spinebill eating the nectar in the Grevillea

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 14:47

#25

Wanda

Rainbow Lorikeet eating the nectar in the Bottlebrushes

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 14:46

#26

Wanda

New Holland Honeyeater getting a feed out of a Protea.

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 13:20

#27

Reflex

I have a Collared Kingfisher that might be interested in your Dragonfly Annie.

A fun fact here - A dragonfly can eat food equal to its own weight in about 30 minutes. Which roughly translates into you trying to eat as much as 45 Kilograms, let alone in half an hour. We don’t eat that amount of food in a week!

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 14:13

#28

Devster

Brown Honeyeater enjoying the Nectar

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 07:07

#29

Wanda

Fairy Martin on the fly feeding its baby a bug of some sort

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 14:56

#30

WhistlingDuck

NZ Bellbird

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 15:36

#31

Reflex

Bar-tailed Godwit with food.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 15:47

#32

Devster

Nice juicy insects for the bubs

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 16:02

#33

rawshorty

Eating her greens

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 16:17

#34

Reflex

Palm Cockatoo having his cereal for breakfast.

Samford Valley Qld.

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 16:34

#35

rawshorty

Give it to me,. give it to me

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 17:09

#36

WhistlingDuck

BS KIte with skink

Wed, 22/04/2015 - 19:14

#37

robwill

Eastern Rosella enjoying his green's.

jpg by robwill4, on Flickr

Rob.

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 01:15

#38

Owl of Kedumba

Lovely shots indeed. I hate to be a stickler for detail but Wanda, your 2 beauties aren't quite swallow's, but Fairy Martin's. Rob yours is a Yellow Rosella (assuming it's on the mainland).

Tawny: "Yum, a Trilling Frog for dinner"

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 05:34

#39

rawshorty

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 07:19

#40

Wanda

Australian King Parrot eating an acorn from the Oak tree

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 09:04

#41

Chris 333

More amazing pictures. So it must be time for another slightly blurry amateurish one. :-) Shot from above instead of at eye level, but I was ten feet above the bird on the verandah.

Juvenile red cap parrot apparently enjoying a beaker of gum nut ale.

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 09:24

#42

Devster

MMM a lovely moth for afternoon tea.

Don't be greedy, share it around.

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 10:57

#43

WhistlingDuck

Lots of amazing photos everybody.

Robwill - love your rosella in that amazing tree with the colours of the leaves and the fruit

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 11:12

#44

WhistlingDuck

Golden Headed Cisticola

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 11:59

#45

Wanda

Thanks Owl of Kedumba I have now changed it to the right name.

Thu, 23/04/2015 - 12:45

#46

Amson

Eating can be dangerous. This Forest Kingfisher flew down and picked up a spiders egg with spider attached. He ate the egg then sat happily on the branch with spider attached. Didn't notice until I put the photos into lightroom. What a surprise.