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The pardalotes are back to feed their babies. Today's meal options are insect larva or spider.

#Pardalotes #StriatedPardalotes #TasmanianBirds #Tasmania #AustralianBirds #Wildlife #Nature #Birds

Photo of a small yellow, black and grey bird perching on a small branch. In its tiny black beak is an immature insect that's light orange with dark red spots down the sides and green eyes.

Photo of another small yellow, black and grey bird perching on a small branch. In this one's beak is a reddish-brown spider with its legs sticking out in all directions.

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

Photo of two small birds perched on a lichen-covered branch with bright green leaves. They are pale grey with black on the top of the head and wing feathers, and bright yellow under the chin, above the beak and on a dot halfway down the side of the wings. One is facing to the right and the other to the left. Drizzling raindrops are falling and both have wet face feathers.

#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/

Australian 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!

*ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˡᵃˢᵗ

#australianbirdoftheyear #pardalotes

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!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/sep/25/australian-bird-of-the-year-2023-vote-the-guardian-bird-life-australia-poll

#australianbirdoftheyear #pardalotes

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. 😂

#Tasmania #BirdsOfMastodon #Pardalotes #TinyBirds #Nature

Photo of a tiny bird standing on a thin branch with its back to the camera but head side-on, doing its breeding dance.

Its right wing is held out, showing thin black feathers with a white dot at the end of each, and yellow marks toward the shoulder. The left wing is held halfway out and the tail is splayed.

Its head has a short black beak, the eye is golden brown, the chin and front of eyebrow are bright yellow and the rest of the head has various black and white markings. its back is fawn-coloured.

Photo looking up at two striated pardaloted perching side-by-side in a lichen-covered tree. The undersides, which aren't visible in the previous photo are pale with brigh yellow highlighs that look like they have been sprayed on.

Closeup photo of another striated pardalote perching on my house's gutter, leaning forward so only the shoulders and upper body are visible.

Photo of another striated padalote, side-on and perching on a thin lichen-covered stick.

Its beak is slightly open, so it would have been singing at the time the photo was taken.

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

Photo from above of a small bird with short stubby beak sitting on red paving bricks.

Its wings and the top of its head are black with white spots. Its cheeks are white, scalloped with black and its back is rust-coloured with black scallops on the top half. Its short tail is black with white spots at the end and vibrant red at its base. Its chin is bright yellow and underside is fawn-coloured, and its eyebrows and eyeliner are white.

Face-on photo of a small bird sitting on red paving bricks. Its beak is wide open as if shouting, altough this was actually a yawn.

The wings and top of its head are black with white spots and it has white eyebrows and eyeliner. Its cheeks are white, scalloped with black and its back is rust-coloured with black scallops on the top half. Its underside is fawn-coloured with a large yellow patch below the chin.

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

Photo of a tiny bird sticking its head out from between some timber roof supports. Its cheeks are mottled white and black. The top of its head is black with white streaks, eyebrows and chin are bright yellow and a black line runs from eye to beak. The beak is very short and is used for picking lerps and other small insects from leaves.

Photo of a tiny bird perched on a twig with small green leaves, side-on to the camera. The bird's cheeks are mottled white and black. The top of its head is black with white streaks, eyebrows and chin down to it chestare bright yellow and a black line runs from eye to beak. Its underside is white, long wing feathers are black with a few white streaks, and a small yellow spot halfway down the side. The rest of its body is fawn-coloured.

The beak is very short and is used for picking lerps and other small insects from leaves.

Photo of a tiny bird perched on a licheny twig, facing the camera and looking to its left. The bird's cheeks are mottled white and black. The top of its head is black with white streaks, eyebrows and chin down to it chestare bright yellow and a black line runs from eye to beak. Its underside is white, long wing feathers are black with a few white streaks, and a small yellow spot halfway down the side. The rest of its body is fawn-coloured.

The beak is very short and is used for picking lerps and other small insects from leaves.

Photo of a tiny bird perched on a licheny twig, face on and looking to its right. The bird's cheeks are mottled white and black. The top of its head is black with white streaks, eyebrows and chin down to it chestare bright yellow and a black line runs from eye to beak. Its underside is white, long wing feathers are black with a few white streaks, and a small yellow spot halfway down the side. The rest of its body is fawn-coloured.

The beak is very short and is used for picking lerps and other small insects from leaves.

#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

#Pardalotes

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