Bird of the Week Challenge: 18th April - birds and their favourite plants

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Mon, 18/04/2016 - 12:21

Holly

Bird of the Week Challenge: 18th April - birds and their favourite plants

Happy Monday everybody

Thanks for your gorgeous family photos last week. This week's theme focussed on a bird with a plant that it loves - whether that is for food, shelter or nesting.

Mon, 18/04/2016 - 16:58

Araminta

Baby Cape Barren Goslings eat grass.

M-L

Tue, 19/04/2016 - 13:41

robwill

Lets try that again. Plants, not animals.

untitled-3058.jpg by robert, on Flickr

Rob.

Tue, 19/04/2016 - 15:17

sue818

Clamorous Reed Warbler ... shelter

Sue

Tue, 19/04/2016 - 09:25

Reflex

Just an observation but I thought this challenge was, "This week's theme focussed on a bird with a plant that it loves - whether that is for food, shelter or nesting"?

A White-Capped Black Noddy in a Pisonia grandis tree on Heron Island. The Noddies use the leaves of this tree to make their nests during the breeding season. Between October and April over 70,000 white-capped noddies nest on the island during this period.

Samford Valley Qld.

Tue, 19/04/2016 - 15:19

sue818

Thanks Reflex, apologies for reading food not plant (late night). Osprey has morphed into a Reed-warbler.

Sue

Tue, 19/04/2016 - 15:26

Reflex

All good! Didn't bother me, I just thought I'd point it out.

Samford Valley Qld.

Thu, 21/04/2016 - 21:20

Rick N

Mistletoebird loves Mistletoe :-)

Fri, 22/04/2016 - 10:35

Reflex

California Quail. Introduced to Norfolk Island as a game bird in1895.

Mainly a seedeater; leaves, flowers, grain, berries, etc...

Samford Valley Qld.

Sat, 23/04/2016 - 21:16

#10

Araminta

GangGangs love to eat nuts.

M-L

Sat, 23/04/2016 - 22:16

#11

davethewonder

Not the best photo, but shows a Crested Shrike Tit - loves Eucalypts with lots of bark to pick at

Dave, Sydney.

Sat, 23/04/2016 - 23:27

#12

sue818

The Great Bowerbird loves these twigs to make its bower under the shelter of a mango tree.

Sun, 24/04/2016 - 07:56

#13

Reflex

If you are anything like me when you think of palm tree fruit, you probably only think of a coconut or maybe dates. I don't know what sort of Palm tree this was but the birds were quite taken with the red berries. Maybe a Wax palm?

Samford Valley Qld.

Sun, 24/04/2016 - 13:26

#14

detritus

Better known for sloshing about in the shallows, but the Swamp Hens around here love all kinds of plants - they'll even do a bit of weeding!

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Mike
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Mon, 25/04/2016 - 01:23

#15

ungb

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo enjoying a Wallum Bansia cone.

Mon, 25/04/2016 - 07:33

#16

timrp

Reflex it looks like an Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla). I know because we used to have one in our backyard, the White Plumed Honeyeaters used to sit on the leaves!

Mon, 25/04/2016 - 10:05

#17

sue818

Eastern Spinebilll loves this plant ... Red Hot Poker Kniphofia

Sue

Mon, 25/04/2016 - 13:12

#18

Reflex

timrp wrote:

Reflex it looks like an Umbrella Tree (Schefflera actinophylla). I know because we used to have one in our backyard, the White Plumed Honeyeaters used to sit on the leaves!

Thanks Tim. The Blue-Faced Honeyeaters were quite keen as well.