Larena WoodmoreThe pardalotes are back to feed their babies. Today's meal options are insect larva or spider.
#Pardalotes #StriatedPardalotes #TasmanianBirds #Tasmania #AustralianBirds #Wildlife #Nature #Birds
On this drizzly day, the pardalote babies are warm and comfy (and a bit noisy) in the walls of my study but the parents still need to go out to collect food.
#Pardalotes #StriatedPardalotes #TasmanianBirds #Tasmania #AustralianBirds #Wildlife #Nature #Birds #ausbirds
#Pardalotes #StriatedPardalotes #TasmanianBirds #Tasmania #AustralianBirds #Wildlife #Nature #Birds #ausbirds
Peter Riley#psyllids - insect feeds on sap and secrete a sugary 'lerp'. Noisy Miners displace smaller insect eating woodland birds such as #Pardalotes refuge habitat in prickly locally indigenous shrubs
Eg
* Acacia paradoxa Hedge Wattle (2m high – very thorny so don’t plant near paths)
* Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet (2-3m high)
* Bursaria spinosa Sweet Bursaria (4-6m high)
And, though it’s not prickly, Rock Correa provides good habitat:
* Correa glabra Rock Correa (1-2m high)
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/
Eg
* Acacia paradoxa Hedge Wattle (2m high – very thorny so don’t plant near paths)
* Melicytus dentatus Tree Violet (2-3m high)
* Bursaria spinosa Sweet Bursaria (4-6m high)
And, though it’s not prickly, Rock Correa provides good habitat:
* Correa glabra Rock Correa (1-2m high)
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/
Auld Ma TwəggAustralian Bird of the Year results are in! Congratulations to Swift Parrot and Tawny Frogmouth taking first and second place respectively, and to the spotted pardalote who came in third* place!
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The spotted pardalote reached top ten in Australian Bird of the Year. Today is the final vote! I'm calling on you all to cast your parda-vote for the spotted pardalote!
Pardy party time! The Striated Pardalotes have moved back into our upstairs walls for breeding season & will spend the next 6 months singing & dancing outside my study windows.
As they're so tiny and as any time some will be in the walls, some on a nearby tree and others out foraging for food I don't know how many there are but it's more than 10 and they sing their repetitive little song all day. 🎶🎶🎶It's lucky they're so adorable. 😂
Here's photos of another pardalote species - Spotted Pardalote that I took in Western Australia a few years ago. These exist in Tasmania as well, but I haven't seen one yet.
Striated Pardalotes nest in tree hollows (which the pardies and bats think my house is), but Spotted ones dig holes in the ground for their nests.
#Australia #WesternAustralia #Tasmania #BirdsOfMastodon #Pardalotes #Nature
Striated Pardalotes nest in the walls of my house from August to January then disappear for 6 months, but this year they've come back for a March pardy party.
#Tasmania #BirdsOfMastodon #Pardalotes #Nature #TinyBirds #BirdBreeding
#Tasmania #BirdsOfMastodon #Pardalotes #Nature #TinyBirds #BirdBreeding
Grant Williams#Bird Nerds! Would you like another episode from the archives on THe Bird Emergency? Of, course! I hear you say!
Here is a conversation with the fabulous Cat Young, talking (mostly) about the Forty-spotted Pardalote, a bird that is restricted and closely linked with one Eucalyptus species in SE Tasmania. #difficultbirds #endangeredspecies #ornithology #tasmania #wildoz #biodiversity #pardalotes
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebirdemergency/The_Bird_Emergency_-_Catherine_Young.mp3
Here is a conversation with the fabulous Cat Young, talking (mostly) about the Forty-spotted Pardalote, a bird that is restricted and closely linked with one Eucalyptus species in SE Tasmania. #difficultbirds #endangeredspecies #ornithology #tasmania #wildoz #biodiversity #pardalotes
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebirdemergency/The_Bird_Emergency_-_Catherine_Young.mp3
