It's all about the birds
Here in wilmington SA, the red wattlebirds seem to have it in for the weebills. In thinking about this I have some ideas: – food competition in terms of insects, although the hugely different size of the two birds makes me wonder if they are eating different insects. There is a report in HANZAAB of weebill … Read more
Hi Tony, I think Peter is correct. I’ve had a closer look by magnifying the picture and it looks like the tip of the tongue is bent downwards rather than it being forked. In general, the tongue of large raptors is deeply grooved longitudinally. I suspect that assists with directing body fluids of its … Read more
It’s just in a V shape, isn’t it? Peter Shute Get Outlook for iOS From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org> on behalf of Tony Ashton <tonyashton0@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 3:48:51 PM To: Birding-Aus <birding-aus@birding-aus.org> Subject: [Birding-Aus] White-bellied Sea-eagle forked tongue Hi all, Can’t puzzle out why the bird pictured (seen at TownCommon Cons. Pk. yesterday … Read more
Hi all, Can't puzzle out why the bird pictured (seen at TownCommon Cons. Pk. yesterday appears to have curved forked extension to tongue. Help! Tony Ashton
Tromsø’s gull problems This last week our local newspaper (topically called Nordlys= Northern lights) is full of stuff about ‘ the gull problem’, a topic that reappears every summer in varying intensity. Fortunately I now longer get called in to witness; this role has been very ably taken over by my colleague Rob Barrett (now … Read more