I did wonder, Greg. I don't think I've ever seen a mistletoe berry after excretion by a Mistletoe Bird & I wasn't expecting it to look like that. The stem appears to have been nipped off. I don't know what plant in my neighbourhood would have a fruit like that.
Female, Rick. Juveniles have "yellow at base of bill and gape" (Morcombe).
Thanks Woko.
Great photo. I've never got anywhere near one of these birds.
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Olinda, Victoria, Australia
They normally stay very high in the trees and amongst the branches for me
Would this be a mistletoe berry or seed excreted by a Mistletoe Bird? It's on a branch of a Rock Wattle Acacia rupicola.
Mistletoe seeds are normally a single berry, that looks more like some sort of compound fruit.
I did wonder, Greg. I don't think I've ever seen a mistletoe berry after excretion by a Mistletoe Bird & I wasn't expecting it to look like that. The stem appears to have been nipped off. I don't know what plant in my neighbourhood would have a fruit like that.