Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Good morning from Yarra Bend, where one little pardalote was stuffing his belly full of breakfast.
Pardalotes are the most beautiful bird that most Aussies have no idea even exist. This one is the Forty-spotted Pardalote.
I have no idea what he was scoring in the tree tops. It looks like a mayfly nymph. I hung around for a while and he scored little things off the ground as well, not just in the trees.
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#butterfly #pollinators
#bloomscrolling #billybuttons Craspedia canens ( Asteraceae)
#everlasting #paperdaisy
Photograph: Gabrielle Pounsett, @gabriellepamela50
Spotted #pardalote perched on a #Dodonaea / #HopBush branch
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodonaea )
Friends of Edwardes Lake (FoEL) is a local environmental group, formed in 2020, who preserve, restore and care for the ecosystems of Edwardes Lake, Edgars Creek wetlands and the Upper Edgars Creek (north of Henty Street)
https://www.friendsofedwardeslake.org/
Spotted #Pardalote in flight with twigs he is clearing as he prepares the hollow with his mate.
(Note some seen nearby on the local #merriCreek last week)
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