Continuing along the Tin Can Bay Foreshore Bird Walk, we came across this Magpie-lark in the process of building its nest. It was gathering feathers, grass and spiderwebs, before mixing these with mud from a pool of water on one of the tracks not far from its nest site.
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Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
A bit further along the walk we saw some White-throated Honeyeaters and Brown Honeyeaters anting among leaves. They seemed to take no notice of us at all allowing us plenty of time to observe their antics while doing this.
White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)
This one seemed to have a look that says "What are you looking at"
New take on shower with a friend. Better to ant with a friend.
Time to rearrange the feathers.
Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
Not to be out done by the White-throated Honeyeaters, this pair of Brown Honeyeaters joined in as well.
A view along the Bird Walk.
17 comments:
Great photos of the 'anting' behavior. You were really able to get close to the birds.
Yes Mick we were very lucky to get that close.
Cool shots of the anting! Looks like you had a great walk with neat sightings.
Nice series of birds behavior.
Thanks Eileen and Tabib it is a beautiful walk and the best part is you don't know what you will see next.
Thanks for sharing the anting behavior photos of the Honey-eaters.
Thanks Bob for your comment
What an amazing behavior. Must have been such a treat to watch!
Thanks Rob it is interesting to watch birds do their thing.
Great photos, Neil - love the honeyeater series, very cool! Always fun to observe different types of behavior!
Thanks Johnny.
interesting post, I learned asoemthing new :)
Thanks NatureFootstep for your comment.
What a beautiful 'collection'.
Glad all the different ones joined the 'party' and posed for you :D
Looks like quite a quiet path to walk along.
Thanks Nicole it is a great place to walk.
What very cool looking bird these are..
anting is very interesting..
Thanks Dawn it is very interesting to watch birds when they are on the ground anting.
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