Young korimako sound nothing like the melodious bellbird songs of older birds. Instead they go "zick zick zick".
Here's a recording I just made of the young bird in our garden.
Here's a recently fledged baby korimako (NZ bellbird) that's settled in our garden this week. Its mother is sometimes coming by to check in.
for the second week in a row I was so anxious I totally forgot about @KateShaw 's podcast. But now I've downloaded it and will begin listening soon.
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/07/14/episode-441-mean-birds/
This is the bird we call Dent Head.
We first saw Dent Head visiting our garden in October 2021. He had such a colossal head injury that we didn't expect he'd last long.
Instead, his head has healed (sort of) and he's been a regular visitor to our garden ever since.
Here's Dent Head yesterday, feeding from one of our sugar water feeders while I was hanging out laundry less than 2 metres away.
#birds #Kōtare #kingfisher #Kōmako #Korimako #Bellbird
This morning's walk included seeing three kōtare and a korimako, as well as countless tūī, and various other song birds. I stood looking up to find which bird was exercising its vocal range and marvelled at all the trills and sounds coming from one small camouflaged bird.
#grateful #alttext #alttextponderings
I also spotted a New Zealand Bellbird. It doesn’t sound anything like a bell though. Very active sipping nectar from the new flowers.
#SpotTheBird #Bellbird #Kōmako #TreesOfMastodon #trees
It is REALLY hard to find even for me and I was there taking the photos!
Here are the amazing musical sounds of our Ōtautahi garden this afternoon. About five male korimako (NZ bellbirds) gathered to out-sing the blustery wind.
They sang non-stop for over 15 minutes! I've just put a snippet here. Be sure to wait 20 seconds for them all to sing together.
If you want the full concerto performance, I've put that on #iNaturalistNZ
Jon Sullivan
llewelly
Ada
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David de Groot 📸